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A major part of the year 2011, following the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia, witnessed what is popularly known as the Arab Spring- people’s struggle against authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. Similar struggles and wide spread political changes, though not as spectacular as in the Arab world, have swept across South Asian nations since 2008. They might not have caught global attention like the events in the Middle East, but nonetheless, there significance for South Asia region can hardly be overlooked. Beginning with the general elections in Pakistan in February 2008, that put the Pakistan People’s Party at the helm of affairs and that eventually saw the end of General Pervez Musharraf’s military regime of nine years, more fundamental changes were brought about in the two Himalayan Kingdoms of Bhutan and Nepal in quick succession in the same year.
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