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TopicNawaz Sharif

Topic: Nawaz Sharif

Imran Khan wants to create a Medina-like Pakistan but he is no sentinel of human rights

Imran Khan's die-hard fans refuse to acknowledge the infinite contradictions in the man and his less-than-holy rise to the top.

Pak minister criticises Dutch contest on Prophet, mum on blasphemy at home

Pakistan government can now track overseas Pakistani account and Sharif’s mother defends her son.

Imran’s first job as PM is to appoint new cricket board chief

Here’s what’s happening across the border: US-based physician planned to come back to Pakistan; Chief Justice to European countries to raise awareness regarding the water crisis in Pakistan

Imran Khan’s wife wears head-to-toe ‘abaya’ at swearing-in, whips up a storm

Imran Khan’s maiden speech gets mixed reactions; Naya Pakistan still has old ministers in the cabinet 

Outing a personal secret as a lesson for Imran: Featuring Vajpayee, Nawaz & a bit of me

Nawaz Sharif made a dramatic bid for peace with Vajpayee but was tripped by Pakistan’s army. It won’t be different for Imran.

30 years on, Zia ul-Haq’s extremist, military legacy alive and well in Pakistan

Zia inherited a culture of little respect for the political class and he cemented that disrespect during his tenure, a legacy Pakistan still carries.

Imran Khan inches closer to PM chair after opposition fails to unite in Pakistan

Pakistan Peoples Party rejects candidature of PML-N’s Shahbaz Sharif putting the opposition's alliance in danger.

Imran Khan is the new, brown Donald Trump, says Trevor Noah

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Sidhu gets a visa to attend Imran’s swearing-in; Pakistani film cast appeals for Indo-Pak peace.

Massive rigging in Pakistan polls; Imran Khan is army’s baby: MQM’s Altaf Hussain

Former PM Nawaz Sharif celebrates I-Day in jail; Pakistani band ‘Junoon’ reunites after 13 years.

Pakistan’s mysterious ‘agriculture department’ is plumbing to new depths of censorship

Even as they have practiced unprecedented levels of self-censorship, channels have been taken off air and newspaper distribution disrupted.

On Camera

‘Trade, not aid’—Narasimha Rao’s 1991 reforms speech that changed India’s economic landscape

On 9 July 1991, then-PM PV Narasimha Rao addressed the nation days before the Budget presentation, admitting that the job of repairing India's sick economy won't be easy, quick, or smooth.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

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.