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Nobel-winning physicist Max Born once lived in India, taught at IISc

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Colonial legacy divided Pashtunistan. Chaman protest shows Pashtun nationalism still alive

For over 6 months, peaceful protests have been underway at crossing near Af-Pak border. The situation shows secular nationalism is still alive in region despite jihadist assault.

Pakistan’s Peshawar mosque blast death toll rises to 87. TTP denies responsibility

According to officials, 57 people were being treated, seven of whom were in critical condition.

This PM worries about ‘aloo, tamatar’ prices — Shehbaz Sharif’s ‘Purana Pakistan’ is promising

When Shehbaz Sharif took office, Pakistanis couldn’t believe that a PM could give an entire speech without talking about himself. Pinch us, will you?

For some in Pakistan, Malala is actually Jane from Hungary. Just like Trump is a Pakistani

From Malala Yousafzai to Abdus Salam, there is special hate in store for Nobel Prize winners in Pakistan.

Qureshi’s Saudi criticism on Kashmir hints shift in Pakistan’s strategy for the Islamic world

20 years ago, during a meeting at the PPP office in Islamabad, Qureshi had told this writer that he was from Multan where Kashmir had no resonance.

What Modi didn’t say but meant – govt’s take-over would end Islamisation of Kashmir

Modi implied that his government was actually saving J&K and its people from Pakistani domination and control through its local political brokers.

Pakistan has been invaded by millions of locusts from Iran

Millions of insects have recently invaded Sindh, Pakistan’s second-largest cotton producing province and threaten its prized cotton crop.

Will get Pakistan to end support to terror groups, Congress promises in poll manifesto

Congress manifesto focuses on national security as party promises counter-terror centre and statutory powers to NSA and NSC.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.