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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

Rajnath Singh is discovering India-Pakistan civilisational ties

Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.

Chhattisgarh pitches state as hub for ‘specialty steel’, nets investment plans of Rs 6,321 crore

Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector. 

India eyes more S-400s with upcoming Putin visit, Su-57 likely to stay off radar

Not only did S-400 record its longest hit during India-Pakistan 88-hour conflict, ability of the system to shoot and scoot in a short time, which allows it to evade enemy fire, was also proved.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.