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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.

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.

Pakistan wants to privatise national airline. It’s the country’s top loss-making entity

Heena Fatima -
Most have applauded the announcement of privatisation. One user sarcastically tweeted to give PIA to the army, 'they are looking to occupy everything that Pakistan has'.

30 dead, 80 injured as Hazara Express derails in Pakistan’s Sindh

ANI -
Benazirabad Division Commissioner Abbas Baloch said passengers are still stranded in one coach, and emergency has been imposed in hospitals of the district.
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Wealth creators in India have been the favourite whipping boys. Ambani-Adani are the new ones

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
It used to be Tatas and Birlas in the loose political rhetoric of the 1970s and the 1980s. Today, it is Adani and Ambani in the heated Lok Sabha election campaign.

What’s Xi Jinping doing in Europe? His goal is more strategic than economic

Nehru, Manmohan Singh harmed the cause of caste census. Rahul doing the same now

Economy

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

Yuthika Bhargava -
About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Defence

Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla takes charge as Chief of Personnel of the Indian Navy

ThePrint Team -
His tenure as Chief of Personnel will be marked by a number of important appointments, both afloat and ashore.

National Interest

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Shekhar Gupta -
Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.

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