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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicPervez Musharraf

Topic: Pervez Musharraf

Musharraf, the delusional general is back, at least in some headlines

Truth caught up with the dictator & he was banished. His delusions are back, from calling LeT “our own” to seeking exiled Baloch activists’ assassination.

Understanding Pervez Musharraf’s newfound love for India’s most wanted Hafiz Saeed

General Pervez Musharraf has expressed fondness for the Lashkar-e-Taiba, and said he was the ‘biggest supporter’ of the group and its founder Hafiz Saeed.

Global Pulse: Mnangagwa no better than Mugabe, Trump isn’t as dangerous as we thought

Zimbabwe's new leader has a murky track record, as does Pervez Musharraf, who seems to be eyeing a return to power. A powerful status quo is also being established in the Middle East, with Bashar al-Assad in Syria being backed by Russia- and an unreliable American foreign policy.

Sharif’s ouster shows Pakistani Establishment is a banyan tree keeping a viceregal control

Under Pakistan's viceregal system, the purpose of elections is merely to identify intermediaries between the people and a permanent state establishment.

GLOBAL PULSE: Van attack in London, Pakistani army’s plan to move to Islamabad and Europe’s renewal

The Finsbury Park Mosque — located in a vibrant, multicultural area of north London — was once closely associated with extremism.

Kashmir’s Broken Cycle of Talks

Calling for a political dialogue has become the default option for politicians and pundits every time the security situation in the Valley worsens. The optics of talks looks intended to be a healing touch in itself and ends up becoming a tactic to buy time. RAMA LAKSHMI

On Camera

What Trump-Harris result could mean for India in key areas, from geopolitics to trade & immigration

India cannot be blasé about change in any important capital in the world. Let's look at five key areas where US policy matters for India and how it may vary between Harris and Trump.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.