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Topic: Khawaja Asif

Pakistan’s Khawaja Asif calls Israel ‘cancerous’, sparking showdown; deletes post as Netanyahu hits back

Pakistan defence minister calls Israel ‘evil’ over aggression in 'Gaza, Iran & now Lebanon'. Netanyahu says it is ‘not a statement that can be tolerated from any govt’.

Pakistan treated ‘worse than toilet paper’—Khawaja Asif calls post-1999 US alliance a ‘historic error’

Pakistan defence minister dwells on Islamabad’s role in Soviet-Afghan war & then siding with US against Taliban in ‘war on terror’, linking it with existing extremism, economic woes.

Pakistani Defence Minister inaugurates a fake pizza store. Pizza Hut clarifies

Pizza Hut, in a statement, said they have ‘formally filed a complaint with the relevant authorities to stop misuse of our trademark and ensure immediate action’.

Pakistan defence minister blames India for Sialkot floods. ‘Dead bodies flowing’

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif also agreed that India had informed Pakistan twice before releasing water into the rivers.

Pakistan defence minister accuses top govt officers of ‘devouring billions, retiring in Portugal’

Khawaja Asif accused civil servants of siphoning off public wealth & escaping accountability, while claiming elected politicians ‘only get what is left over by them’.

Is Pakistan getting China’s J-35A stealth fighter next year? No, says its defence minister

Reports had suggested that China would supply the fighter jets to Pakistan Air Force by 2026. Asif’s comments indicate no formal agreement exists between the countries for the acquisition.

‘Won’t hesitate to hit terror epicentres’—Rajnath Singh at SCO meet attended by Pakistan defence minister

Speaking at SCO Defence Ministers’ meeting in China’s Qingdao, the Indian defence minister said the Resistance Front, which claimed responsibility for Pahalgam, is a proxy of LeT.

‘Pakistan would launch nuclear attack’: Islamabad denies Iranian threat against Israel

An Iranian general claimed Pakistan would launch a nuclear attack on Israel if it hit Iran with a nuclear bomb, even as a confrontation between Tehran & Tel Aviv 4th its fourth day.

Pakistan defence minister spews ‘garbage’ in parliament, insults PTI women lawmakers

Khawaja called Senators Zarqa Suharwardy Taimur, Sania Nishtar, Falak Naz Chitrali and Fawzia Arshad “the remains and ruins of Imran."

On Camera

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.