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In this file photo taken on July 25, 2018, Pakistans 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)

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 IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (AFP)

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...

9 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the inaugural ceremony of Aero India 2023, in Bengaluru, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Sanjaya Baru | If not 126, then 220 Modi deals China card

Prime Minister Modi deserves full marks for the manner in which he has deployed economic incentives in his foreign...

20 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

Pakistans former President Gen. Pervez Musharrafs popularity dropped and the attack by the security forces on Lal Masjid conservative seminary in Islamabad in July 2007 further increased his unpopularity. (File Photo)

AA EDIT | Pak general made war, then began peace pitch

Does this amount to a legacy? Time will tell

6 Feb 2023 12:55 AM IST

Musharraf ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008. He is wanted in Pakistan in several criminal cases including in the killing of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. (Photo: File)

Musharraf charged with high treason, Pak orders arrest, property...

Musharraf, who left the country for Dubai in March 2016, was declared a proclaimed absconder by the court in May 2016.

9 March 2018 6:45 PM IST

Benazir Bhutto (Photo: AP)

Did the nuke question seal Benazir's fate a decade ago?

There can be little doubt, though, that Benazir's planned return to the fray was indelibly wedded to Western interests.

8 March 2018 12:43 AM IST

Benazir Bhutto (Photo: AP)

5 TTP members bailed in Benazir Bhutto's assassination case

The suspects were given bail on surety bonds worth Rs 5, 00,000 on Monday, as reported by the Dawn.

8 May 2018 11:40 AM IST

Rajiv Gandhi with Pakistan President Gen. Zia-ul Haq prior to Indo-Pak official talks in New Delhi on December 17, 1985.

Rajiv's neighbourhood policy was truly spectacular, this govt should...

When Rajiv Gandhi took over, the situation in Sri Lanka had been deteriorating. State violence against Tamils was on the...

20 Aug 2018 12:20 AM IST

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)

United Oppn would have given PML-N a harder time

The PML(N) clearly has a powerful motive to make life tough for Prime Minister Imran Khan.

26 Aug 2018 6:27 AM IST

Pakistans former military ruler Pervez Musharraf (Photo: AFP)

Pakistan: Musharraf declared fugitive in ex-PM Benazir Bhutto's murder...

The judges found two police officers guilty of "mishandling the crime scene, the court official said.

31 Aug 2017 5:33 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AFP)

Another brick in the wall

Much of the corruption and looting of a Pakistan's wealth comes from the plunder of its natural resources.

5 Aug 2017 6:24 AM IST

Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed by US Navy Seals in a covert raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011. (Photo: AFP)

'Osama moved to Afghanistan to oversee Benazir Bhutto's murder plot'

'Have taken revenge for our brothers and sisters of Jamia Hafsa, Lal Masjid,' letter found in bin Laden's home after...

28 Dec 2017 9:05 AM IST