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Sunday, June 23, 2024
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Topic: PML-N

Maryam Nawaz’s journey to ‘Takht-e-Lahore’ no small feat. She will restore PML-N’s lost glory

Facing political persecution with resilience and defiance made Maryam Nawaz a political force long before she began her parliamentary career.

Maryam Nawaz fixes policewoman’s headscarf. Now Pakistanis are calling her the moral police

Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s team shared a video of her fixing a woman’s scarf in hopes of portraying the newly elected CM as a compassionate leader, but it has become a polarising topic.

Nawaz Sharif’s PM tenure shows Pakistani politicians can never solve country’s core problems

Nawaz Sharif encouraged corruption, undermined democratic institutions, and collaborated with Islamists.

PPP to support Pakistan PM candidate from rival PML-N, Bilawal Bhutto rules himself out of race

Bilawal said PML-N was only party to reach out to PPP for govt formation & that PPP won’t take any ministries. He asserted he’d like to see his father Asif Ali Zardari as president. 

Election results leave Pakistanis anxious. They say 2024 polls ‘worst rigged in history’

Pakistani commentators and newspaper editorials have rung the alarm bells, telling the military establishment to 'respect the mandate'. It seems there is little chance of that happening.

Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif back in Pakistan after 4-yr exile. Why he left, why he returned & the road ahead

Sharif has faced it all — convictions, military coups and corruption cases. He has twice lived in exile and now returns in the hope of leading the country a fourth time.

‘Turn up for Nawaz Sharif, take a bike’ – Pakistanis criticise PML-N’s motorcycle bribe

A party member reportedly promised brand new bikes to all those who showed up to welcome the self-exiled former PM with a 'large number' of people.

Imran Khan’s lawyer, PML-N leader slap each other on TV. Pakistanis can’t stop laughing

Calling himself a devotee of Imran Khan, Sher Afzal Khan Marwat wrote that he has no regrets over slapping PML-N leader Afnan Ullah Khan. And that he had no option left.

Is PML-N different from PTI? Its Imran’s mass cult vs suspiciously rich Sharifs in Pakistan

PTI and PML-N value religion as an instrument for social control and creating a passive mindset. This softens popular resistance to massive wealth inequities.

Pakistan sliding deeper into Chinese infra debt trap? What $10 bn rail loan could entail

Borrowing $10bn for ML-1 could create additional risks for Pakistan as China accounts for 30% of its foreign debt. Analysts draw parallels with Sri Lanka's 'poor' borrowing choices.

On Camera

NTA was supposed to rescue exams from ‘Munna Bhais’. Now it’s part of the problem

National Testing Agency’s charter is to assess the 'competence of candidates' for admission and recruitment, but NEET and UGC-NET firestorms have put its own competency in question.

Fewer millionaires set to emigrate this yr, India produces ‘far more’ than those leaving — Henley report

The report predicts net emigration of 4,300 millionaires in 2024, lower than the outflow in 2023 & 2022. Congress has raised concerns about the outflow of HNIs from the country.

Army hospital commandant says no misuse of disability pension grant. ‘Scrutiny at all levels’

Lt Gen Nilakantan says revised Entitlement Rules & Guide to Medical Officers for pensions had been revised to rationalise disability classification, quantification & granting of disability.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.