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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
TopicImran Khan

Topic: Imran Khan

The ‘shame weapon’ Pakistani politicians use is lethal, can give birth to a religious tyrant

Tempting as it is to see the leaked videos as just another element in the no-holds-barred power struggle, the sexual scandals have special significance.

Why Imran Khan’s win won’t assure Pakistan of zero military interference

Imran is probably aware that Bajwa is playing games with him. Precisely why he is ensuring that the Army can’t appoint a chief decisively against the PTI.

Pakistan’s political warfare slips into puddle of lies, sleazy videos

There’s outrage, anger and embarrassment with the leak of intimate videos of senior Pakistan. Now, courts and celebrities have entered the fray.

Our take on stubble burning, Imran Khan assassination bid and Morbi tragedy—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Indian Navy pilots haven’t landed on an aircraft carrier in 2 yrs & won’t anytime soon. Here’s why

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

‘BJP trying to drown out talk of inflation & unemployment’, says Urdu press on Gujarat UCC panel

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Im, not so dim: Why it had to be a reckless Imran Khan to threaten Pakistan’s Establishment

Most of us saw Imran Khan as a unique character, most unlike the usual subcontinent cricket star. There has always been a risk-taking edge to him bordering on the reckless.

‘I was hit by four bullets,’ says Imran Khan in first address after he was shot in leg

Addressing Pakistan from the Shaukat Khanum Hospital, Khan said that he was aware of the plot to kill him. Dr Faisal Sultan, Khan's doctor, said x-rays show his right leg was factured.

Photo of Imran Khan lying on ground not taken after attack at Pakistan rally, image from 2014

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan was shot in the shin during a rally in Wazirabad. He was taken to a Lahore hospital where doctors have said that he is out of danger.

Govt should make public the RBI report on missed inflation targets

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.