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TopicField Marshal Asim Munir

Topic: Field Marshal Asim Munir

Pakistan vs TTP: Asim Munir’s been riding the jihadi tiger; he’s now realising he’s the nearest meal

ThePrint Explorer unpacks who the TTP are, and what they’re fighting for in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and how Pakistan army is struggling to carve a way out of the conflict.

Indians want to know how Munir got as tall as Trump. ‘Next-level obsession,’ Pakistanis say

Munir, who is 5’10”, was spotted wearing four-inch elevator shoes, possibly to avoid being dwarfed by the 6’3” US president. The army chief’s shoes are buzzing on X among Indian users.

A real estate mogul, a ‘mad bully’ & an ex-PM: Inside Pakistan’s Bahria Town corruption scandal

Pakistan’s biggest corruption case is a saga of friendships gone sour, military-ruled real estate & a politician who tried to outwit the most powerful institution in the country.

I will keep attacking India even though my missiles reach nowhere: Pakistani General X

Plotting and planning against India is not all I do. I also have to run the country, drain water from housing societies, and even give directions to the Pakistan PM.

‘Main narrative-maker’—Pakistani TV analyst gets medal for role during India standoff

Qamar Cheema, a security commentator and head of Sanober Institute, was awarded the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz for what officials described as his pivotal media role during the India-Pakistan conflict.

After nuke threat from Tampa, Asim Munir’s Brussels rant on being ‘God’s choice to protect Pakistan’

The proclamation, made in Brussels, startled some in Islamabad. Afghanistan’s ruling Islamic Emirate also came in for criticism from Munir, who repeated remarks made in Tampa.

Pakistan interior minister confirms Munir’s ‘India Mercedes, Pakistan dump truck’ analogy

The unusual metaphor had been used by Munir at a private dinner during his US trip earlier this month, as exclusively reported by ThePrint, and also in Brussels according to Naqvi.

Our take on SC stray dogs order, Asim Munir, and PM Modi’s Independence Day speech—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

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I am a dog lover, but we don’t know how to win the war on strays

We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.