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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicPakistani politicians

Topic: Pakistani politicians

Pakistanis are embarrassed seeing politicians fight over Imran Khan on TV

Such brawls on TV are par for the course in Pakistan. A year ago, another televised altercation erupted between PML-N Senator Dr Afnan Ullah Khan and PTI MNA Sher Afzal Marwat.

Pakistani cop shoots dead blasphemy suspect in police station, people make him a ‘hero’

A mob of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan supporters attacked the Kharotabad police station in Quetta with a grenade, demanding the release of the blasphemy suspect.

Imran Khan isn’t alone. There are 10 billionaires in Pakistan’s parliament

Pakistan’s Election Commission list includes Shehbaz Sharif, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Asif Ali Zardari, but jewellery and cars are not popular investments.

On Camera

India must allow citizens to invest beyond its borders. It’s risk management, not luxury

The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.

Saudi crude rerouted via Red Sea to India as Hormuz tensions rise; Russian imports surge

Around 6 million barrels of Saudi oil headed to Indian ports via the kingdom’s west coast, while Indian refiners ramp up Russian purchases amid a temporary US waiver.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.