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Topic: Pakistan

Pakistan’s misused blasphemy law is clearly not Islamic, but no one wants to change it

Pakistan has not executed anyone under this law in the 32 years it has been in force. But even an accusation is often enough to get you lynched by a mob. 

The Modi govt keeps mixing up IR (international relations) and PR (public relations)

Modi squandered an opportunity that the UPA never had, of improving relationships with Pakistan and China without surrendering national interest.

Sridevi was Pakistan’s inspiration at every historic moment in the 1980s

Pehle pehle pyar ki pehli raat yaad rahegi Phoolon ke is shehar ki mulakaat yaad rahegi Kaash yahin saari umar yun hi jaaye beet jaaye mitwa Aage...

Now that it’s headed to the grey list, Pakistan faces real economic risks too

The FATF decision is bad and good news for Pakistan. Getting grey-listed is much less serious, particularly on reputational levels, than getting blacklisted.

How Directorate S, ISI’s most diabolical branch, outsmarted US in Kabul, continued subverting India

Steve Coll’s 'Directorate S' is about how ISI was allowed to succeed in blocking the United States’ efforts to impose a stable, democratic order in Afghanistan.

Avinash Paliwal’s ‘My Enemy’s Enemy’: A treatise on how not to deal with a neighbour

Irrespective of which group dominated Indian policy, India rarely appears to have got its way in Afghanistan.

Pakistan on FATF’s grey list: How India convinced China & Pak shot itself in the foot

This is the first time that China acceded to an Indian prompt at a global anti-terror forum. Pak foreign minister Khwaja Asif’s statement provided the opening.

Avani Chaturvedi becomes India’s first woman fighter pilot in 2018. Why are we clapping?

A decade before Avani Chaturvedi became India's first solo woman fighter pilot, Pakistan had already done it, as had UAE, Somalia and Turkey.

Pakistan’s mischief goes on in Kashmir, irrespective of whether Congress, PDP or BJP runs govt

There are no quick-fix solutions to the Kashmir problem. Policies that would work over a period of 5 years or so: foolproof security, fair and just governance.

Global Pulse: Germany’s hate speech law isn’t fixing the problem of online hate

In other news, China’s latest family-planning policies are a major violation of women’s rights.

On Camera

Is Prashant Kishor the Kejriwal of Bihar? Yes, but not really

Arvind Kejriwal always played to the gallery promising the moon.But Prashant Kishor has been ‘brutal’ in telling the people that they have to blame themselves for the misrule in Bihar.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

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

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

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.