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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicCaretaker governments

Topic: Caretaker governments

Anwaar-ul Haq Kakar — teacher-turned-politician from Balochistan appointed Pakistan’s caretaker PM

The Balochistan Awami Party leader will head the govt till a new one is sworn-in after polls in Nov. The caretaker administration under Kakar will have powers beyond governance.

With Imran Khan’s ouster likely, Pakistan could get 8th interim PM. These were the previous 7

Starting with Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi in 1990, Pakistan had 4 interim PMs in 6 years. There have been 3 more since Musharraf, with Nasirul Mulk in 2018 being the most recent.

Caretaker governments may be stopped from announcing policies to woo voters

Election Commission is considering imposing model code of conduct as soon as an assembly is dissolved & not wait for poll announcement.

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.