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Saturday, August 30, 2025
TopicImran Khan

Topic: Imran Khan

What’s happening in Pakistan is unusual—a meltdown across major institutions

In Pakistan, democracy has been reduced to a choice between thieves and madmen.

Pakistanis see Dy Speaker Qasim Suri as out-of-syllabus question and ‘Imran is ghost of Zia’

Pakistan Observer called the political high drama and the deputy speaker’s conduct a ‘blatant’ defiance of the constitution for the ‘lust of power.’

Imran Khan nominates former chief justice Gulzar Ahmed as Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister

Imran Khan has called a meeting of his PTI colleagues Tuesday to discuss ticket distribution for the next elections.

Imran Khan thinks he has hit a sixer, but ball is still in air – with court, army watching

India can only be thankful that for once, Delhi has not been blamed by the mercurial Imran Khan and his ministers so far.

Imran Khan outsmarts Pakistan’s opposition for now, tells country to ‘prepare for elections’

A former cricket great, Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Justice) party has 155 seats. With the help of coalition partners, he’s retained a slim majority of little more than 172.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan claims senior US diplomat involved in ‘conspiracy’ against his govt

Khan says Donald Lu warned Pakistan's ambassador to US Asad Majeed of 'implications' if Pakistan PM survived the no-confidence vote.

Pakistan Deputy Speaker dismisses no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan

Law Minister Fawad Chaudhry alleged a foreign conspiracy – an “operation for regime change” – to remove Khan.

Day before Imran’s no-trust vote, Pakistan army chief condemns Ukraine war, cosies up to West

Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa said Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘must be stopped immediately’, discussed ‘excellent’ relationship with US, in contrast with PM Imran Khan’s anti-West stances.

Non-Hindu traders ban at temples is BJP’s attempt to save Karnataka govt: What Urdu press wrote

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

On Camera

Mohan Bhagwat’s U-turn on ‘retire at 75’ is a Hindu succession problem

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has backtracked on his retirement rules. The ‘75-year rule’ was applied selectively to sideline some leaders, but it doesn’t apply to the top brass.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

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.