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TopicShehbaz Sharif

Topic: Shehbaz Sharif

Bajwa set to go in November, so who will be next Pakistan Army chief? These are 4 contenders

Head of Pakistan military's PR wing has ruled out Gen. Bajwa seeking extension & speculation is rife about possible successor. Top 4 contenders all Lt Generals promoted in 2019.

Our take on bulldozer in MP, Shehbaz Sharif, Ram Navami violence — in 50 words

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Watches, iPhone, table mats — Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif says Imran Khan kept & sold state gifts

Shehbaz Sharif said Khan retained and sold valuable gifts that he received from foreign dignitaries worth PKR 140 million in Dubai when he was PM.

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?

New PM Shehbaz Sharif wants ‘Pakistan speed’ in govt offices, Pakistanis say ‘RIP bureaucrats’

Shehbaz Sharif has said government offices will be open six days a week. Not all Pakistanis are happy with the ‘workaholic’ PM.

Expect small steps, not a breakthrough in India-Pakistan ties despite Shehbaz-Modi messages

Sharif’s insistence on Kashmir talks and Modi’s on ‘terror-free’ region show core concerns haven’t changed. However, both sides could try and push for normalising diplomatic ties.

PM Shehbaz Sharif has dispelled hope of reset in India-Pakistan ties, won’t risk being soft

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Pakistani media praises ‘workaholic’ PM Shehbaz Sharif, others say ‘beggars can’t be choosers’

Pakistani newspapers have pointed out how Shehbaz Sharif has always been the ‘good cop’ to Nawaz Sharif’s ‘bad cop’ when it comes to dealing with the army.

Derided by Imran Khan as US puppet, new Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif bets on centrism

It will be much harder for Sharif to reset Pakistan’s foreign policy after Khan accused the US of pushing for his ouster, stoking anti-Americanism in a bid to delegitimize the new govt.

Pakistan drama not over. It’s on between ‘short-term’ Shehbaz, ‘honest’ Imran, ‘mature’ Bajwa

As Imran Khan reverts to his role of street protests, there is no doubt that his strategy is masterly –a ‘clean leader’ fighting off a ‘foreign conspiracy’. You can’t arrest him.

On Camera

Muslim objections to Vande Mataram are about faith, not rejection of India

Ibn Khaldun Bharati’s core claim—that Muslim resistance to ‘Vande Mataram’ reflects an unwillingness to merge into an “organic whole” with Hindus—ignores both historical context and religious concerns.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

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.