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TopicShehbaz Sharif

Topic: Shehbaz Sharif

Pakistanis can’t stop making fun of Asim Munir. Sharif still hasn’t made new post official

According to local reports, the delay is attributed to tuning of 'finer details', but it has led to an atmosphere rife with controversy and rumours in Pakistan.

Days after Lahore violence, Pakistan bans far-Right TLP for ‘terrorist activities’, second time in 4 yrs

Earlier this month, several TLP supporters launched a ‘Gaza Solidarity March’, leading to clashes with police after they were prevented from advancing. Over 100 social media activists held.

Pakistan made chamchagiri its foreign policy — the brown man bowing before white sahib

Indian leaders like Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, and Morarji Desai were regarded as arrogant by the West — unlike Pakistani leaders, who were always ready to kneel.

Chaos in Lahore as anti-Israel protest turns violent; 4 killed in far-Right TLP’s clash with cops

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif called TLP protest 'insult to religion’. Clashes occurred even as Pakistan PM Sharif is in Egypt to attend signing of Trump-brokered Gaza peace plan.

Indians want to know how Munir got as tall as Trump. ‘Next-level obsession,’ Pakistanis say

Munir, who is 5’10”, was spotted wearing four-inch elevator shoes, possibly to avoid being dwarfed by the 6’3” US president. The army chief’s shoes are buzzing on X among Indian users.

Pakistan is thrilled with Trump’s embrace. No one’s asking what does US want

The happy and excited Pakistanis should now begin to look at another dark era of authoritarian rule worse than what they experienced under Zia.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.

Asim Munir lands in China’s Tianjin, becomes first Pakistan army chief to attend SCO Summit

Munir reached separately Monday, not as part of the SCO delegation. He is likely to hold meetings with Chinese officials and attend the Victory Day parade on 3 September.

Any misadventure will have consequences—India warns Pakistan after PM Shehbaz, Bhutto & Munir’s rants

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal also rejected an award issued by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague on the sharing of the Indus waters.

14 August 2025: Trump seeks three-way meeting with Putin, Zelenskyy and others & other news of the day

ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from world.

On Camera

IndiGo chaos forces DGCA to look inward—spotlight is back on the regulator

The crisis also puts DGCA’s vacancies in the eye of the storm. Naidu told the Rajya Sabha in July this year that 190 out of 410 DGCA vacancies would be filled this year.

South rising, west slipping: India’s export map is being redrawn, shows RBI data

Data shows re-alignment in India’s exports, with Tamil Nadu & Telangana posting strong growth in 2024-25 as traditional heavyweights Gujarat & Maharashtra see declines. Gujarat still leads, though.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.