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Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

The warring lovechildren of Cold War era

Caught in the midst of these competing ambitions is the fledgling government of the Fulbright scholar and academician...

11 Nov 2017 12:58 AM IST

Ousted Pak PM Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters during a rally in Muridke, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Why Nawaz shouldn't really crave for 4th term

Nawaz Sharif's political oscillations remind one of the person who had a nightmare that he was making a public speech,...

9 Sept 2017 12:14 AM IST

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

PTI should avoid the mistakes of past regimes

Over the decades, the challenge of properly governing Pakistan has been getting heavier by the year.

26 Oct 2018 12:17 AM IST

Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq (Photo: AFP)

Can Punjab come out of the Zia era?

The PTI is often described as a get-together of aspiring politicians who first emerged during Gen. Musharraf's rule.

28 July 2018 2:38 AM IST

Asked if she would be open to an alliance with Congress and National Conference, Mehbooba Mufti said, We had never thought we would ally with the BJP. Now, an alliance with the Congress and NC depends on the need of the hour. (Photo: ANI)

BJP is turning India into Zia ul Haq's Pak: Mehbooba Mufti

While addressing a press conference here, she alleged that by bringing the Triple Talaq Bill', the BJP is only seeking...

1 Jan 2019 6:17 AM IST

The next phase of the India-Pakistan detente will have to wait till the national elections are over in both countries. (Representational Image)

K.C. Singh | Frozen India-Pak ties need relook amidst power shift

It is unlikely the Indian government will risk engaging with Pakistan with less than a year to go before the Lok Sabha...

21 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq (Photo: AFP)

The death of a dictator

The tall tales could usually be dismissed out of hand.

16 Aug 2018 2:27 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

Former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Indira persuaded Zia-ul-Haq to join regional strategy during Afghan...

It said Indira sought to form a regional grouping to exert diplomatic pressure on the Soviets to confine their...

26 Jan 2017 4:37 PM IST

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

Imran Khan as a traitor'? A reminder of Zia days

Mr Khan is an Opposition leader and he came up with a view that was opposite to the one provided by the establishment.

11 March 2017 2:33 AM IST

Supporters of Hafiz Saeed, head of the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and its front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa, protest in Lahore recently after the Pakistani authorities took him into custody after rising international pressure. (Photo: AP)

Will Pak re-examine the way it persecutes Ahmadiyyas, others?

This perforce ensures that the Ahmadiyyas do not sign it and therefore are debarred from visiting Mecca to perform the...

17 Feb 2017 2:27 AM IST

Faith, Unity, Discipline: The Inter-Service Intelligence of Pakistan by Hein Kiessling HarperCollins, Rs 599

Book review: A first-rate study of Pak's spook headquarters

The ISI's resurrection and golden hour came in the 1980s, after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.

26 Feb 2017 1:35 AM IST