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Topic: Pakistan elections

Imran Khan’s victory in Pakistan polls, and free-speech perils on WhatsApp

Rupanwita Bhattacharjee -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Union minister R.K. Singh calls Pakistan polls ‘rigged’, Imran Khan ‘military-backed’

ThePrint Team -
Singh says he doesn't expect any change in the countries’ troubled ties.

Imran Khan’s elevation won’t make a dent in Pakistan’s reputation as a ‘crisis state’

Husain Haqqani -
Pakistani military wants a civilian façade in the form of an ‘elected’ govt that follows military’s diktats on India, Afghanistan, Jihadi terrorism, China and US

Pakistan is stuck with Prime Minister Imran Khan. They can’t walk away like me: Reham Khan

Reham Khan -
I am not surprised Imran Khan is going to lead Pakistan. That is why I wrote the book.

Pakistan seen headed for instability as Imran Khan emerges frontrunner amid poll rigging charges

Jyoti Malhotra -
It has been a long journey for the former cricketer, who launched the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or movement for justice, over two decades ago. 

Imran khan’s party leading the battle with 64 seats, while Sharif’s party running second with 46

Sajjad Hussain -
A government can be formed only once a party fulfils the condition of securing 172 seats. 

Pakistan Army’s decades-long war on political parties continues

Amit Ahuja -
Army may be able to serve its interests by keeping political parties weak, but it does so at the expense of Pakistan’s capacity to...

Imran Khan’s final match as seen through internet memes from Pakistan

Shivam Vij -
Imran Khan could win this match because, his critics say, the field has been left open for him

These viral internet memes show Nawaz Sharif’s dwindling fortunes in Pakistan

Shivam Vij -
With party workers and leaders alike in jail, the joke is that the party’s own mascot, the lion, has left the Noon League.

No Pakistani Prime Minister has lasted a full five-year term

Ratnadeep Choudhary -
In its 70-year history Pakistan has seen 22 Prime Ministers. First PM Liaquat Ali Khan’s term lasted 4 years and 2 months, and is still a record.
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Opinion

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

Swasti Rao -
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Mamdani must face blind spots of his Muslim identity—and the wrongs done in its name

SIR drive isn’t NRC-CAA—it can exclude millions of genuine voters, not just Muslims

Economy

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

+TFP Debdutta Chakraborty -
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta -
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

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