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

Imran's instincts are dragging Pakistan to a dangerous place

Imran has roared his disapproval and shouted his condemnation into every camera he's found and in every forum he's ever...

28 Oct 2018 6:30 PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Imran Khan's 3 challenges

Three big things and all spelling some kind of danger for the PTI.

23 Sept 2018 7:56 PM

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In battle over dams, see the bigger picture

Big projects are obviously expensive and complicated, but they're hardly impossible.

16 Sept 2018 7:58 PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Two crucial disconnects for Imran

The first is between Imran and Asad Umar, the PM-FM symbiosis and closeness that's missing.

9 Sept 2018 7:25 PM

Imran Khan, 65, who won a simple majority from lawmakers on Friday in a confidence vote will be administered oath by President Mamnoon Hussain. (Photo: AP)

Imran wants to be a PM or fix things?

Imran can make some tweaks and adjustments now. Or he can leave us to suffer everything amped up to 10 for the next five...

2 Sept 2018 6:30 PM

Imran Khan, 65, who won a simple majority from lawmakers on Friday in a confidence vote will be administered oath by President Mamnoon Hussain. (Photo: AP)

PM Imran is a real populist: He actually has popular appeal

Imran's problem in this new version of an old experiment is that he is, in fact, different to what has come before.

26 Aug 2018 6:46 PM

Imran Khan, 65, was on Saturday sworn in as Pakistans new prime minister, nearly 22 years after the former cricket hero entered politics. (Photo: AFP)

Imran time is here. But is change really on the way?

If change is a comin' or change is to remain another country, there are at least some clues of where to look for early...

20 Aug 2018 7:04 PM

Pakistans cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) speaks to the media after casting his vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad. (Photo: File photograph)

Hard-nosed reality ahead for PM Khan

A lie at the heart of Imran's ascension to power and the smiting down of his predecessor has been that there is a...

12 Aug 2018 6:40 PM

Imran Khan declared his victory on Thursday and dismissed the allegations of fraud calling it the most transparent election in Pakistans history. (Photo: AP)

Imran will get the numbers that he needs in Parliament

Between the incoming government and the Opposition silliness, you'd quite obviously prefer to be Imran just now.

5 Aug 2018 6:35 PM

Addressing the press conference, Imran Khan said: I came into politics 22 years ago because I believed that the potential of our country was not being realised. The Pakistan that I saw growing up deteriorated in front of my very eyes. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

PM Imran may be more secure than he looks now

A single-party majority in the National Assembly is near bulletproof constitutionally.

29 July 2018 6:38 PM

Pakistani cricket star-turned-politician and head of the party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan greets supporters during a political campaign rally in Multan. Pakistan will hold the general election on July 25, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

Imran's PTI vs PML-N: Central Punjab will see a crucial battle

There were too many cats to stuff into the bag to begin with and the bag would have had to be small to remain...

22 July 2018 6:32 PM

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

For Sharifs, is jail a halt on way towards a comeback?

Hyper-partisanship, fear, anger, dread, confusion it's all out there at the moment and it's all mixed up.

15 July 2018 6:36 PM