None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.
The sentiment behind 'enemy property' has changed over the years, most significantly in 2017, when an amendment completely prevented Indians from laying claim to ancestral properties.
While PM Modi has attacked previous govts for fighting terrorism with dossiers, its use was institutionalised by Vajpayee govt. Policy succeeded more than many can grasp.
Musharraf was sentenced to death in absentia in 2019. Court convicted him of high treason for his actions on 3 November, 2007, when he suspended Constitution & imposed emergency.
Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
Shekar, stop writing about Pakistan! They are a lost cause. I would appreciate if the funding is put in to the development of India against Chinese economy and military aggression. I don’t see a point in analyzing a nation that is going no where. China, has transformed itself in to a global power. I want us to get compared, criticized and show a path to becoming China.
Pakistan is scripting its future and destiny. Its economy remains a soft spot. With all the power of the armed forces ( three services ) and the civilian government, General Munir has no solutions. If there is popular discontent, that opprobrium will travel to him. 2. As far as India is concerned, for better or worse, there is now one clearly designated individual to talk to. Not Shehbaz Sharif. Unless there is a desire to let things drift to war, it may be time to start a limited dialogue, to stabilise what has become a very fraught situation.
Shekar, stop writing about Pakistan! They are a lost cause. I would appreciate if the funding is put in to the development of India against Chinese economy and military aggression. I don’t see a point in analyzing a nation that is going no where. China, has transformed itself in to a global power. I want us to get compared, criticized and show a path to becoming China.
Pakistan is scripting its future and destiny. Its economy remains a soft spot. With all the power of the armed forces ( three services ) and the civilian government, General Munir has no solutions. If there is popular discontent, that opprobrium will travel to him. 2. As far as India is concerned, for better or worse, there is now one clearly designated individual to talk to. Not Shehbaz Sharif. Unless there is a desire to let things drift to war, it may be time to start a limited dialogue, to stabilise what has become a very fraught situation.