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TopicNawaz Sharif

Topic: Nawaz Sharif

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.

Nawaz Sharif unlikely to return to Pak after arrest warrant, rebellion within party

With court proceedings on fast track and with little hope of him and his family going unscathed, the options for ousted PM are running out.

In Peshawar bypoll, MML cannot display names of any banned group or leader

Liaquat Ali Khan, the independent candidate that MML has nominated in Peshawar, says he is patriot with a strong belief in the ideology of Pakistan.

Global Pulse: We will take our country back (never mind that we’re already a sovereign nation)

'We will take our country back' is the universal cry of rightist reaction.

Global Pulse: Catalonia’s half referendum, Nawaz Sharif still can’t accept his disqualification

A Catalan declaration of independence on the basis of last week’s referendum would lead directly to violence.

Despite lack of details, surgical strikes signalled Modi’s aggressive diplomacy

The calculation that India can afford this brinkmanship like surgical strikes is a costly gamble.

Lessons in stardom from Dev Anand

On his birth anniversary, my perennial tale of close encounters with Dev Anand: conversations on the most fabulous women in Hindi cinema, essentials of stardom and learning to catch the best light

Mainstreaming terror: Extremists bag 11 per cent of votes in Lahore bypoll

Posters of global terrorist Hafiz Saeed and hanged assassin Mumtaz Qadri were publicly displayed during the Lahore NA-120 bypoll, which was ultimately won by Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif.

Global Pulse: The campaigner-in-chief at United Nations, the sun is finally shining on Greece

The contrast between Trump's predecessor and his approach to the UN could not have been more telling.

On Camera

China isn’t impressed with Trump H200 chip offer. Commentators call it a ‘poison pill’

The Chinese view is that the US is willing to sell 'sub-par' products, while keeping next-generation technology firmly under American control.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.