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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Bhopinder Singh | How Imran shot himself in foot, and alienated all 3 power centres

Imran was literally pushed out, railing, ranting and mocking the so-called “neutrality” of Pakistan’s “establishment”

22 Feb 2023 12:00 AM

Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar (C) speaks during a press conference in Islamabad on February 10, 2023. - An IMF team left Pakistan on February 10 having failed to reach a deal on financial aid that would help the country avoid economic collapse. (Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | Growing instability in Pak to increase risks for India

As late Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee was fond of saying, one can choose one’s friends but not one’s neighbours

21 Feb 2023 12:00 AM

Security officials and rescue workers conduct an operation to clear the rubble and search for bodies at the site of Monday's suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. The death toll from the previous day's suicide bombing at a mosque in northwestern Pakistani rose to more than 85 on Tuesday, officials said. The assault on a Sunni Mosque inside a major police facility was one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistani security forces in recent years. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Pak singed, playing with fire

Given the background of encouragement for disruptive elements who use bombs as a weapon against civilians as well, Pak is far from blameless

01 Feb 2023 12:10 AM

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has decided to appoint the country's former spy chief Gen. Syed Asim as the head of the country's army, the information minister said Thursday, Nov. 24 . (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Pakistan’s new Army chief might face troubled times

If the Army under Gen. Munir does the unthinkable and goes neutral, it may be speculated that it is inviting internal repercussions

26 Nov 2022 12:10 AM

Imran Khan too came to power in 2018 with the blessings of the army. (Photo: AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | Why did Imran survive the assassin’s bullets?

The army’s expectation was that once removed the former PM would fade away — as others did before him

13 Nov 2022 12:10 AM

Kamal Davar | Imran Khan is down, but not out: Pakistan on edge again

Imran suffered a gunshot injury on his lower right leg, while six others surrounding him were injured and one killed as the gunman

09 Nov 2022 12:05 AM

Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, take part in a protest near the container truck a day after the assassination attempt on Khan, at the cordoned-off site of a gun attack in Wazirabad on November 4, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Imran: Was there a conspiracy?

Reports suggesting the hitman being a lone wolf with a political motive appeared too flimsy and motivated to have any credibility

05 Nov 2022 12:15 AM

Ex-PM Imran Khan recovers in hospital after assassination bid

The attack on Imran Khan's convoy, apparently by a lone gunman, killed one man and wounded at least 10 others

04 Nov 2022 4:11 PM

Pakistani officials said Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, that a gunman opened fire at a container truck carrying Khan, wounding him slightly and also some of his supporters. (Photo: AP)

Imran Khan receives bullet injury after gunfire attack on his container: Reports

The incident occurred near Allahwala Chowk of Wazirabad town of Punjab when Khan was leading the protest march

03 Nov 2022 5:59 PM

Former prime minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Pakistan's Election Commission disqualifies ex-PM Imran Khan for five years

The ECP also announced that action would be taken against him under the corrupt practices laws

21 Oct 2022 3:34 PM

Supporters of Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan, take part in an anti-government demonstration to a protest against the inflation and fuel price hike in Karachi on June 3, 2022. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP)

Amid Imran Khan's assassination rumours, security agencies on high alert in Islamabad

Section 144 has already been imposed in Islamabad and gatherings have been banned

05 Jun 2022 12:36 PM

Shobhaa De | ‘Padosis’ and ‘desis’ … and their uneasy relationships

We desis have always nurtured a love-hate relationship with our neighbours (padosis) through the ages

15 Apr 2022 10:57 PM

In this file photo taken on July 25, 2018, Pakistan's cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan speaks to the media after casting his vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad. (AAMIR QURESHI / AFP)

Imran Khan becomes first Pak PM to be ousted by no-confidence vote

No prime minister in Pakistan's history was ever ousted through a no-confidence motion

10 Apr 2022 7:13 AM

Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan. (AP)

Pakistan to allow India to send wheat to Afghan through its territory: Imran Khan

Currently, Pakistan only allows Afghanistan to export goods to India but doesn't allow any other two-way trade through the border crossing

23 Nov 2021 1:20 PM

The consistent stand of India, whether it was that of the BJP-led NDA or the Congress-led UPA, was that there are no “good Taliban” or “bad Taliban”, and that the Taliban as Islamic terrorists were all bad. Representational Image. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India’s real problem on Taliban is its Pak links

India’s first real brush with the Taliban came during the December 1999 Indian Airlines IC-814 hijacking

24 Aug 2021 4:19 AM

Khan held consultations with key members of his Cabinet on Friday and decided that Pakistan could not go ahead with any trade with India under the current circumstances. (AP file photo)

No trade with India under current circumstances: Pak PM Khan

India has said that it desires normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan in an environment free of terror, hostility, and violence

03 Apr 2021 12:54 PM

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan. (Handout photograph released by the Pakistan's Press Information Department)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Pakistan in free fall is dangerous for India

Pakistan is in the news again, this time over looming threats to the Imran Khan government from a surprisingly united Opposition

06 Nov 2020 1:05 PM

Pakistan is an epicenter of terrorism: India at Geneva

India also rejected the reference made by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral part of India

16 Sep 2020 2:20 PM

Pakistan directed the federal government to give India 'another opportunity' to appoint a lawyer to represent death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav. (PTI Photo)

Kulbhushan case: Pakistan court gives India another chance to appoint lawyer for Jadhav

Islamabad High Court took up the case of appointment of lawyer for Jadhav to hear the review by a Pakistani military court

04 Sep 2020 8:54 AM

A motorcyclist rides past a billboard displaying a picture of Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan along a street in Islamabad on August 4, 2020. (AFP)

Pakistan includes J-K, Junagadh in its new political map: Revisiting the Junagadh issue

Junagadh and its vassal enclaves were ruled by Muslim rulers but their population was overwhelmingly Hindu.

05 Aug 2020 12:13 PM

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