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Letter From Pakistan

‘India, I love you’ — but why now, Imran Khan? Kashmir to Covid, India was perfect cover

From shedding Modiphobia to praising 'azaad' India's foreign policy, calling Indians 'self-respecting', Imran Khan's U-turns are nothing but dovish cloaks.

This PM worries about ‘aloo, tamatar’ prices — Shehbaz Sharif’s ‘Purana Pakistan’ is promising

When Shehbaz Sharif took office, Pakistanis couldn’t believe that a PM could give an entire speech without talking about himself. Pinch us, will you?

Imran Khan wanted to be a siyasi shaheed like Bhutto. But it ended up in political suicide

There is also lesson for the selectors to stop making political test tube babies when ultimately, the price is paid by the people.

Oscar should’ve gone to Pakistan PM Imran Khan for best performance to save his chair

It was a busy week for Khan—losing the majority in the Assembly, marketing a ‘threat letter’, doing everything but plugging holes in a sinking Titanic.

Imran Khan fans are ready to dive in front of tanks & dodge bullets for him – only on Twitter

Imran Khan's supporters don't want to allow anyone to take away their ‘kaptaan’. Even if that means fighting the very people that once installed him.

Pakistan govt’s latest ‘chooran’ — everything is America’s fault, even no-confidence motion

PM Khan is frothing at the mouth in every public outing since the tabling of the motion. And it's not a good look for the office he holds.

Russia to Riyadh — Imran Khan now has a history of being in the wrong place at the wrong time

If you want to blame anyone for all this, blame US President Joe Biden. Had he called Khan like Putin did, it would’ve been a different story altogether.

Imran Khan’s ‘Naya Pakistan’ has an old ‘gutter’ problem. But ‘picture abhi baaki hai’

The much-frowned-upon memoir of Reham Khan has made a comeback almost four years later. It seems her book has no shelf life — it's evergreen.

Pakistan is standing up for Karnataka girls. Just not Ahmadiyas, Hindus, Christians

Pakistan will have ‘Solidarity Day with Daughters of Hind’ this week, but keep on ignoring the girls in Afghanistan.

Imran Khan is losing the plot. Someone’s chair is about to be pulled again

There is ‘tamasha’ going on in Pakistan. And Imran Khan is having a visible meltdown, while Nawaz Sharif is bemoaning a dead leopard.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?