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Friday, May 3, 2024
TopicImran Khan

Topic: Imran Khan

What Pakistani generals want from PM Imran Khan – career advancement

Pakistan’s generals look at their country as a wholly owned subsidiary of General Headquarters and consider themselves its board of directors.

Twitter cracks whip on OSINT handles for revealing IAF aircraft positions during Balakot strikes

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

New ISI chief Faiz Hameed a manipulator picked by army chief Bajwa to be his master’s voice

Pakistan Army replaced its ISI head within 8 months with an ‘average’ officer close to chief Bajwa, whose hold in country’s politics grows by day.

Imran Khan’s Tagore mistake, Amit Malviya missing Rahul & Gautam Gambhir’s Mankad moment

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum

India rejects Pakistan media reports on talks, says first environment must be terror-free

PM Modi and Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar have sought to ‘engage’ with Pakistan, a leading daily in the neighbouring country reported Thursday.

Pakistan finalises loans worth $918 million from World Bank

The amount will be used to fund three projects including a revenue programme, higher education development project & a regional project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Asian Development Bank distances itself from Pakistan’s premature announcement of loan

The statement from ADB came a day after Pakistan announced a loan of $3.4 billion from the bank for budgetary support.

This is Imran Khan’s 5-Tweet advice to Pakistan to beat India today

Imran Khan says focus on mental strength, use specialist bowlers & batsmen & fight till the last ball even if India are favourites.

Modi’s Bishkek message to Imran Khan — forget talks until you end terrorism

The brief Modi-Imran encounter in Bishkek didn’t break any ice and the room for dialogue between the neighbours is restricted.

Pakistan shut 13 terror camps after pressure, but get it to listen to news about economy

The financial constraints due to continued support for jihadis is something that Pakistan will not be able to ignore.

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Two documents, Modi-Macron visits—India-France defence partnership is touching new heights

Horizon 2047 signed during Modi's visit to France in July 2023 and the defence industrial roadmap during Macron’s visit to India in January 2024 guide the strategic bonhomie between the two countries.

How govt brought Vodafone Idea back from the brink & earned a neat profit in the process

In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.