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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicGeneral Asim Munir

Topic: General Asim Munir

Asim Munir features on Times Square billboard. Pakistanis ask, ‘Who paid for it?’

Some Pakistanis are also worried that Asim Munir might be assassinated during his US visit. They are drawing comparisons with Israel killing Iranian generals.

No Pakistani general has survived an extended term. Gen Asim Munir won’t be any different

Another five-year term for Gen Asim Munir after 2027 could open up a Pandora’s box, as it has for previous Pakistani generals during their second extended tenures.

Global media reports on India’s ‘sprint to crush Maoist insurgency’ & the fall of Basavaraju

International media also looks at the case against Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad & Pakistan army chief General Asim Munir's 'self-promotion'.

Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir can’t match swagger of Manekshaw, Cariappa, Arjan Singh

Pakistani euphoria around Field Marshal Asim Munir is unlikely to last. It never does. It will run into the headwind of people’s mobilisation.

I am Field Marshal thanks not to Allah, but you Narendra Modi: Pakistani General X

It turns out that in Pakistan, one can fail at any kind of war with India and still win accolades. Gen Pervez Musharraf lost the 1999 Kargil War, yet he became president. Gen Ayub Khan, who lost in 1965 as a Field Marshal, would be proud of me today.

Govt’s strategy to render the Naxalite movement headless is working

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Even Imran Khan is praising Pakistan Army now. Military nationalism is back in the country

Asim Munir is certainly a beneficiary of the conflict. The general can no longer be seriously challenged by Imran Khan as he is now the new hero.

How fact-checker Mohammed Zubair turned India’s Chief of Information War during Op Sindoor night

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Pakistan launches Operation Bunyan un Marsoos against India, Indian air defence in action

The move came hours after India struck at least three air bases inside Pakistan, including the military’s primary logistics hub, the Nur Khan base in Rawalpindi.

Away from LoC, General Munir is losing a far more fateful war within Pakistan

Faced with genuine political resistance in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, the Pakistan military’s strategy is nearing irretrievable collapse. India should recognise the opportunity.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.