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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. Founded as a Muslim-majority state, its early years were shaped by leaders like Muhammad Ali Jinnah, its founding father and first Governor-General, and Liaquat Ali Khan, its first Prime Minister.

The country has experienced periods of military rule, political instability, and economic challenges. Currently, Pakistan faces severe economic stress, marked by high inflation and external debt.

With India, although it shares a common past, and the water of the Indus and tributaries, it shares strained relations over longstanding border disputes. Pakistan has fought three wars with India, with border tensions persisting over Kashmir and historical grievances, including the creation of Bangladesh in 1971, further straining relations.

How are some Pakistanis coping with fear of Indian strike? With memes, of course

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Memes took a darker, fizzy turn following India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty. One user posted a video of a man washing himself with a bottle of Coca-Cola.

Pahalgam terror attack: India revokes all visas to Pakistani nationals, suspends issuing of new visas

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Those with medical visas must leave India before 29 April, and others before 27 April. Pakistani nationals who entered via Attari border have to leave by 1 May.

Report on Pahalgam shows there was ‘real-time intel’ sharing between terrorists & ‘Pakistani handlers’

Bismee Taskin -
The report, based on investigations, assessments, and intercepted communications, mentions that digital footprints were traced to safe houses in Muzaffarabad & Karachi.

Pakistanis are friend-zoning PSL. They want respect, better teams & some biryani

Debdutta Chakraborty -
The conversation around PSL’s challenges is intensified by comparisons with India’s IPL. Even Pakistanis who turn up in stadiums are watching IPL instead of their own matches.

Allama Iqbal is the poet everyone quotes and no one understands. He’s beyond ownership

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Iqbal, who wrote ‘Saare Jahan Se Achha’ in 1904, was advocating for a Muslim-majority state by 1930s. This ideological pivot branded him the intellectual architect of Partition.

Pakistan making a colony out of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, say Pashtuns on new mining bill

Debdutta Chakraborty -
For residents of the tribal belt, the issue isn’t just legal—it’s existential. 'KP risks becoming a resource colony—stripped, polluted, and excluded,' a KP resident told ThePrint.

Pakistan is a jungle, people say after mob vandalises KFC outlet in Rawalpindi garrison area

Debdutta Chakraborty -
This is the second outlet targeted by mobs this week in an apparent show of solidarity with Palestinians, in response to US and Israeli actions in Gaza.

Pakistan distances itself from its former army captain Tahawwur Rana as India brings back 26/11 accused

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Pakistani govt says he hasn’t renewed his documents for over 20 years, confirming his Canadian citizenship. The statement comes amid Pakistan media’s radio silence on Rana’s extradition.

Pakistan’s Arshad chaiwalla at risk of deportation. His case will impact Afghans like him

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Arshad Khan was born in Mardan, Pakistan, in 1999. According to his manager, Khan’s mother is Pakistani, while his father is an ethnic Pashtun of Afghan descent.

Take it from a Pakistani, Mani Shankar Aiyar is not our agent. He just wants peace

Javed Jabbar -
Perhaps no one else in India equals the missionary courage and zeal with which Aiyar, in this book in particular and in general discourse, urges improved relations between Pakistan and India.
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