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Topic: Pakistan

Pakistan is a South Asian country and western neighbour of India. It was created in 1947 after being partitioned from India during independence. It has longstanding border disputes with India and is currently reeling under economic and political issues.

Manzoor Pashteen is the ‘rockstar activist’ for Pakistani Pashtuns. He has a friend in Imran

Debdutta Chakraborty -
'Bengalis took off your pants, but we are not Bengali. We are Pashtun and Baloch, we will take off your skin,' the activist shouted at the Islamabad rally.

Kharge’s 39-member CWC with average age over 60 and poor poll prowess may creak under its own weight

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Pakistani President Arif Alvi denies signing 2 controversial bills, says staff ‘undermined his will’

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Alvi claims he did not sign bills amending the Official Secrets Act and the Army Act, which have been criticized for curbing freedom of expression and political participation in Pakistan.

Imran out, Wasim in, Wasim out, Imran in—PCB’s tribute video is now a joke of the legends

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Wasim Akram, who had earlier criticised Imran’s exclusion from the PCB tribute video, was missing in the second version.

Fatima Jinnah’s right-hand man was a Christian Kashmiri. New series explores the friendship

Debdutta Chakraborty -
After last year’s 14-minute prologue director Danial Afzal is set to release the original soundtrack for the first season today, to coincide with Pakistan’s Independence Day.

Tripura was almost part of Pakistan. Congress, Communists came together to stop this

Samrat Choudhury -
In ‘Northeast India’, Samrat Choudhury chronicles the history of the region and how it became a part of the ‘imagined nation’ of India.

Anwaar-ul Haq Kakar — teacher-turned-politician from Balochistan appointed Pakistan’s caretaker PM

Dishha Bagchi -
The Balochistan Awami Party leader will head the govt till a new one is sworn-in after polls in Nov. The caretaker administration under Kakar will have powers beyond governance.

Ali Sethi’s new pasoori—his rumoured gay marriage upsets Pakistanis. Even fans can’t take it

Debdutta Chakraborty -
The reaction to the rumoured marriage has exposed how divided Pakistan is on the rights of its LGBTQIA+ community.

Pakistan’s President dissolves Parliament on PM Sharif’s advice, paving way to hold fresh poll

Reuters -
The advice came three days ahead of the parliament's five-year term, which expires on 12 August.

Pakistan is the sick man of Asia. It’s robbing its young of power to reason

Pervez Hoodbhoy -
How Pakistan educates its young is at the core of its backwardness.
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Maruti Suzuki Jimny is no Thar or Rubicon. It’s no ‘failure’ either

Kushan Mitra -
The disconnect between what most buyers want to project and what a vehicle is actually capable of has impacted sales of the Jimny.

Instagram reels on stoicism are the new rage — they can battle burnout and bigotry

Congress can’t deny Modi’s charge of Muslim quota. Karnataka & 2009 manifesto are proof

Economy

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

ThePrint Team -
The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Defence

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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