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Sunday, July 20, 2025
TopicNawaz Sharif

Topic: Nawaz Sharif

The censorship on media in Pakistan ahead of polls raises doubts on how fair they will be

It is not just about media gagging or the increasing number of cases related to enforced disappearances, it is also about the growing perception of political manipulation by ‘invisible forces’.

Go to Pakistan: The ‘N’ is out of PML-N

Here’s what’s happening across the border: The ‘N’ is out of the PML-N, the oldest parliamentarian retires, and a Sufi saint goes political.

The fiery activism of Pakistan’s Chief Justice spares no one, not even Nawaz Sharif

Here's what's happening across the border: Women in Sindh's prisons learn about their legal rights; man who raped and murdered a five-year-old gets sentenced to death. 

Nawaz Sharif ‘tries to flee Pak’ and Musharraf has a security conundrum

Pakistan women's cricket team beat Sri Lanka 3-0 in the ICC ODI Championship and local channel ‘Koenoor News’ this week became the first in Pakistan channel to hire a transgender.

Imran Khan started it all. Now Pakistani leaders are facing shoe and ink attacks

The slogan of Naya Pakistan brought with it a new rule -- to break all the rules of decency.

In Pakistan, everyone is saying China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was their idea

With the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, Pakistan is giving safe transit services to China for very little in return.

A resurgent Nawaz Sharif is taking on the judiciary & army, but don’t count on him winning

Recent political turmoil in Balochistan assembly has sunk the hope of Nawaz Sharif's PML (N) of getting an absolute majority in the upper house.

Musharraf, the delusional general is back, at least in some headlines

Truth caught up with the dictator & he was banished. His delusions are back, from calling LeT “our own” to seeking exiled Baloch activists’ assassination.

The Pakistani temple pond where Shiva’s tears fell is now in peril

The pond around the 6th century Katas Raj temple in Pakistan is now slowly drying up because of cement factories and illegal tube wells.

Sharif’s ouster shows Pakistani Establishment is a banyan tree keeping a viceregal control

Under Pakistan's viceregal system, the purpose of elections is merely to identify intermediaries between the people and a permanent state establishment.

On Camera

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.