Large swathes of Indian territory are still pre-modern and riven by religious, ethnic, and caste fault lines
Fascists have endless money for media and legal shenanigans; possess most sophisticated propaganda machine
US still leads world in military spending and ability to project military power across globe
Many strategic traps await Islamabad where it might be forced to choose between urgent needs and long-term imperatives
As in the past, so today in a complex garb: Pakistan’s judiciary is a menace to democracy
Results of recent Indian elections have laid bare Hindutva’s weaknesses masked by GDP growth
All attempts to make Afghanistan our backyard and appease Afghanistan have failed
Pakistanis demand cheap and plentiful electricity – everywhere all at once – and it is nowhere in sight
Gambits that compromised Pakistan’s sovereignty came thick and fast during the 2018-22 government
One also cannot pick and choose where election was fair if election was fair in one province for one particular party, it was free everywhere
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Behold the wreckage. China irritated. Saudi Arabia annoyed. US aggravated. EU infuriated. India euphoric. Muslim countries indifferent. IMF...
The writer is a member of the National Assembly. These are his personal views.A reinvented wheel with spokes of jargon, cliche, and complacency was...
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It is not unusual for retired civil servants to reflect on the past. In a recent interview to an Indian journalist, however, former diplomat Abdul...
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Set in the court of English Tudor King Henry VIII in the years 1527-40 and dissecting the rise and fall of the royal advisor Thomas Cromwell,...
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