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Thursday, August 7, 2025
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Topic: Caretaker governments

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

Dishha Bagchi -
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

Suchet Vir Singh -
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

Sanya Dhingra -
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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Economy

Web of spoof sites, scam call centres. Crypto theft racket modus operandi in focus amid ED crackdown

Mayank Kumar -
As part of the crypto theft racket, businessman Chirag Tomar and his aides targeted 542 victims and managed to steal a total of Rs 19.9 million.

Defence

Wang Yi to visit India this month, Modi to travel to China, Putin comes in later this year

Snehesh Alex Philip -
PM could visit Japan on 30 August before heading to China. Sources say, bilaterals being planned with Xi and Putin on SCO sidelines in China.

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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