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Ishaq Dar, new Pakistan finance minister—a Nawaz Sharif’s mole in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet
Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results, Albert Einstein said. But Paksitanis don't get it--Dar's been appointed FM for the fifth time.
Destination India, China — Russia’s crude flow to Asian buyers hover near unprecedented levels
As the EU slapped 6th round of sanctions on Russia, almost 860,000 barrels a day of crude were loaded onto tankers at Russian terminals last week, before heading to destinations in Asia.
Defence
The biggest challenges Nirmala Sitharaman will face as India’s new Defence Minister
Sitharaman, who is only the second woman defence minister in India's history, is expected to work closely with the Finance Minister to take key industry-related decisions
India’s hijab supporters will lose even if they win SC battle. Because the real war is political
In a highly polarised time, cornered minorities tend to lean back and protect the roots and fundamentals of what is so dear to them. Politically, it can often be a bad trap.