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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicGeneral Elections 2018

Topic: General Elections 2018

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

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.