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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicGeneral Elections 2018

Topic: General Elections 2018

Imran Khan to take oath as Pakistan’s PM on 11 August

While Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has won only 116 general seats, it is trying to reach out to smaller parties, independents to get the required majority of 137 seats. 

Imran Khan has a Trump-sized ego and is more likely to fail than succeed

Imran Khan’s long wait for power includes subversion of democratic institutions, fanatical tendencies and deals with the military establishment.

After Pakistan poll results, US not happy with restrictions that were placed on elections

State dept says curbs on freedom of expression and association were at odds with stated goal of a free, fair and transparent polls.

UN Secretary General to continue supporting Pakistan’s EC amid poll rigging allegations

Antonio Guterres lauded the people of Pakistan for exercising their democratic rights and wished success to the new government.

Rich, middle class who voted for Imran Khan’s Naya Pakistan will pay for their convictions

All bets will be off when Imran Khan challenges the conventional wisdom of the national security state handed down to him.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.