Sheikh Hasina secured a fifth term in office in the general elections held in Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, has won a record-breaking fifth term in office as leader of her Awami League party. The main opposition, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and its supporters boycotted the general elections, which she easily won.
Pakistan's first female prime minister, Maryam Nawaz Sharif | Inside South Asia
Maryam Nawaz was appointed as Pakistan's first-ever chief minister. Her opponents abstained from the provincial assembly meeting, accusing the authorities of favoritism. Following her father, Nawaz Sharif, his brother Shehbaz, and Shehbaz's son Hamza, who briefly held the position last year, Maryam is the fourth member of her family to hold the position of Punjab chief minister. Are more significant events ahead?
