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Monday, August 18, 2025
TopicShehbaz Sharif

Topic: Shehbaz Sharif

Pakistan’s peace calls with India scream strategic desperation. It won’t bear results

For Pakistan’s strategic orientation to change, India must provide some reassurance. But India’s military is structured to capture some of Pakistan’s territory.

Kashmir is the solution to Pakistan’s water woes. But Islamabad must give up territorial claims first

Failing to address the water problem, though, could end up empowering jihadists who threaten the stability of both nation-states.

Shehbaz Sharif is talking peace. India must keep mum, leave Pak to Pak

Anything that gives breathing space and strategic relevance back to Pakistan is negative for India. It’s worse for Pakistan.

Pakistan PM is aiming for Peace Prize, not peace talk. India has seen this olive branch before

No PM of Pakistan can sell the idea of talks with India without mentioning Kashmir. The issue is the new red line that the Modi govt has drawn for Pakistan.

PM Sharif’s remark shows Pakistan still obsessed with India. Fortunately, we aren’t anymore

Even if we do not feel especially warmly towards Pakistan, it hardly dominates our thoughts.

Pakistan’s dwindling economy hits foreign office. Brace yourselves, say Pakistan journalists

The government is on an extensive cost-cutting spree. The list goes from limiting fuel entitlements to canceling bonuses for government employees.

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif says Pak has ‘learned its lesson’, now wants peace

In an interview with Al Arabiya TV, Sharif said that Pakistan now wants 'peace with India' & is calling for 'serious & sincere talks' with PM Narendra Modi on 'burning points like Kashmir.'

Pakistani minister’s newest solution for population control — shut shops at 8 pm

A man from Quetta in Pakistan claimed to have welcomed his 60th child. While five of them didn’t survive, he said he has plans to have more children.

Selling embassy property in US — Pakistan is eyeing a new way to curb its economic crisis

One National Assembly member claims this isn't the first time an embassy building has been put on sale. The Sharifs have done it before in Saudi Arabia and Europe too.

Pakistan mending its wildlife abuser image—with animal rights syllabus in children’s textbooks

The Shehbaz Sharif govt says that the new curriculum will help inculcate compassion for animals.

On Camera

History teaching requires revision more than textbooks

The kinds of revisions we’re seeing remove the very skills that make historical thinking meaningful. The result is a citizen who either dismisses history entirely or defends it without support.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?