Gen Hameed has long been a controversial figure, from being at the centre of a storm during the 2018 Pakistan elections to engineering the Faizabad agreement in 2017.
The possibility of Pakistan engaging with India has increased now as Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states become stakeholders in Islamabad's economic planning.
The TTP is emboldened by the Taliban’s victory and American withdrawal. But Pakistani media makes it appear as if nothing is wrong in the country other than audio leaks.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
That photograph is for the ages.