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Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

From Karachi to Quetta, we landed in a militancy trap

The stronger version of that is a stable Pakistan is inimical to the interests of India and Afghanistan.

26 Jun 2017 12:35 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leaves the premises of the JIT with son Hussain Nawaz in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)

A warning for Imran and Nawaz

The JIT process had already been tainted and the N-League had already whinged a whole lot.

19 Jun 2017 1:52 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

The judiciary has Nawaz in its sights

Two rounds in the Supreme Court have produced no evidence against Nawaz or his progeny.

5 Jun 2017 12:09 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AP/File)

Sharif's real 2018 challenge: No agenda in governance

Nawaz Sharif and Muhammad Ishaq Dar have arrived at a different point they've got a good shot at getting another five...

29 May 2017 12:32 AM IST

File photo of former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage. (Photo: PTI)

How Pak laid Jadhav trap' in a bid to corner India

India and Pakistan fighting each other on the international stage seemed like a mostly harmless exercise.

22 May 2017 12:47 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Will Sharif's new mantra get him what he wants?

Civilian incompetence or lack of alacrity though doesn't by itself endanger democracy.

15 May 2017 12:11 AM IST

Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa

New norms for civilians & military a challenge

From a policy perspective, Gen. Bajwa was already on his way to joining the pantheon of the boys' heroes.

8 May 2017 12:09 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Sharif-Army face-off was long overdue

Five years can be a lifetime in politics, but it's too short to make folks forget the horrors of government by Zardari.

1 May 2017 12:48 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Sharif wins Round 1 as Imran trails: What next?

The whole damn episode, instead of bringing him down, may have bullet-proofed him electorally.

24 April 2017 1:18 AM IST

Malik Bashir Awan, father of Mumtaz Qadri, who was hanged last year for murder of a governor who criticized Pakistans blasphemy law and defended a Christian woman, arriving at his sons shrine on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Photo: AFP)

The State is complicit in mob justice

Qadri as a symbol is doubly dangerous because, like in Mardan, the guilt or innocence of the victim doesn't matter.

17 April 2017 3:57 AM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan. (Photo: AP)

Will Imran as next PM really help the generals?

The problem those few short years ago was that the PPP had taken itself out of the running.

10 April 2017 12:52 AM IST

In this photo released by Inter Services Public Relations, the public relations arm of the Pakistani army, newly appointed Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa attends the Change of Command ceremony in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Gen. Bajwa meets Imran, and crosses a political line

Bajwa surrogates have been insisting that a resetting of frayed ties with Saudi Arabia and the UAE has been down to the...

3 April 2017 2:13 AM IST