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The Indian Supreme Courts order appointing three members as a mediatory panel to resolve the 70-year-old Babri Masjid dispute flouts every established rule on the process of mediation.

Can the courts shake off the government's vice-like grip?

Rewind to the 1990s, the last time a semi-elected order was being asphyxiated.

23 Sept 2019 1:10 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a seven-member committee in connection with the status of Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)

Still a hybrid regime, with Imran on a sticky wicket

A lot has already gone wrong and the stuff that has gone wrong is obvious for two reasons.

16 Sept 2019 2:16 AM IST

The worst thing about Chaudhry was that he was aware of what he had achieved and had an appreciation for the system and his potentially limitless role within it.

No one here to say the emperor has no clothes

The tales are many but they shall have to wait until after retirement and perhaps never be told.

14 Jan 2019 12:05 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the Prophets Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia (Photo: AP)

Energy crisis leaves Imran govt cornered

The PPP and PML-N have been cleverer in their relentless focus on Imran, but PPP and N-League attacks are hardly going...

7 Jan 2019 12:54 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Is Pakistan headed for consolidation or a crash?

The project to install Imran was rooted in the attempts to oust Nawaz and Zardari.

31 Dec 2018 12:00 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the Prophets Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia (Photo: AP)

Is exit likely for Nawaz, Zardari in a messy 2019?

First, the bit they've got right: Imran is PM, Nawaz is not and Zardari is kinda trapped in Sindh.

24 Dec 2018 12:00 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the Prophets Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia (Photo: AP)

Imran 2018 & Nawaz in '90: The difference is the court

The corruption and smash-and-grab would come in the second term, but the first dismissal was also premised on...

17 Dec 2018 12:03 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the Prophets Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia (Photo: AP)

Afghanisation' of Pak politics: The greatest head-scratcher

The Pakistani state doesn't want India in Afghanistan because it fears encirclement or whatever.

10 Dec 2018 12:03 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

PM-FM combo in Pak another fiasco in the making

The spike in oil prices during Zardari's initial spell all but economically sealed the government's fate.

3 Dec 2018 12:00 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the Prophets Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia (Photo: AP)

After failing its 90-day mark, PTI must focus on the future

The gap between what is pledged and what is delivered is always large, that's just the way of politics.

19 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

A comedy of ousters in politics of Pakistan

What's the point to either grand or tawdry minus-Nawaz, -Shahbaz, -Zardari, -whoever schemes if they don't actually end...

12 Nov 2018 12:01 AM IST

This is about keeping Pakistan: first, safe; second, strong; third, prosperous; and maybe eventually all three at the same time.

Pak in midst of 3rd phase in its history

There is no authoritative tome on that phase because we haven't produced a world-class historian or political scientist...

5 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST