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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.

Taliban is gambling for strategic autonomy. Will Iran, China fill the Pakistan-sized hole?

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Cutting trade ties with Pakistan is easier said than done: the neighbouring country is Afghanistan’s largest single trading partner, taking in 45 per cent of Afghan exports in 2024.

Asim Munir could be Pakistan PM, PCB chair, Chief Justice. But these are for lesser mortals

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In your arms, Asim Munir, under your five stars, Pakistan will progress from being a poor dumper truck to a shining dumper truck with an engine of a Mercedes.

Pakistan has a plan to shore up oil exploration. An artificial island 30 km off Sindh coast

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After a renewed interest in Pakistan's 'massive oil reserves' by US President Trump, drilling efforts in the country have seen a drastic increase.

UN Security Council adopts Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, Pakistan votes in its favour

Snehesh Alex Philip -
US aims to deploy first ISF contingents by January 2026, envisioning a peace enforcement mission—rather than a peacekeeping presence—with a total troop size of approximately 20,000.

Bihar voters vindicated by sibling spat in RJD’s first family. Ailing Lalu must grieve in silence

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ThePrint view on the most important issues.

What Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mansoor Ali Shah wrote in his resignation letter

Mansoor Ali Shah -
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.

Who is Aminuddin Khan? Now the sole custodian of judicial review in Pakistan

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Justice Khan presided over the ruling that stripped PTI of its reserved seats in legislatures. The decision paved the way for the ruling coalition to secure a two-thirds majority.

Disclosures to US Senate claim lobbyists with links to Pakistan also hired for RSS; organisation denies

Keshav Padmanabhan -
State Street Strategies hired Squire Patton Boggs, a Washington-based legal firm that also does work with Pakistan govt, to lobby on behalf of RSS in March, according to the documents.

Pakistanis have reached a consensus—GHQ is their biggest headache

Debdutta Chakraborty -
'The state’s primary duty right now is to shore up the home front, and re-examine its counterterrorism strategy in the wake of the resurgence of militancy,' read an editorial in Dawn.

Pakistan’s constitutional amendment ‘can inspire Kim Jong Un,’ people say. Dark days ahead

Debdutta Chakraborty -
‘There is no rule of the Constitution or the law in our country at this time. Instead, it is under the rule of ‘Asim Law’,’ former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan wrote on X.
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