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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicNational Assembly

Topic: National Assembly

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.

Gaalis, flying books, fights in Pakistan parliament. Imran Khan govt acting like opposition

Imran Khan promised Pakistan ‘change’ and said his party consisted of ‘padhe likhay log’. This week his ministers hurled budget copies in parliament.

Revenge rape, honour killings as ‘justice’: Pakistan’s problematic jirgas get more power

Jirgas are tribal councils that consider women property. The National Assembly has given them quasi-judicial powers, and civil society is incensed.

Terror shadow on Lahore bypoll: Hafiz Saeed’s man in fray for NA-120 seat

The byelection will be held on 17 September to elect disqualified former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s replacement in Pakistan’s National Assembly. For anyone interested in...

On Camera

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

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.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

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.