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Imran Khan (Photo: AFP)

United Opp. would have given PML-N a harder time

The PML(N) clearly has a powerful motive to make life tough for Prime Minister Imran Khan.

26 Aug 2018 7:55 AM IST

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan

View from Pakistan: Why would anybody wish to be PM?

Traditionally, sections of the military establishment have played a major role in formulating Pakistan's security...

15 July 2018 12:25 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Nawaz remains a force to reckon with

When in power, Sharif virtually ignored Parliament, and relied on family members and a small inner circle to implement...

8 July 2018 1:48 AM IST

US president Donald Trump

A hawk-eyed Opposition is a must for free and fair polls

In both Egypt and Algeria, the Islamists were proved right in their denunciation of electoral politics.

18 Jun 2018 5:59 AM IST

After he broke down, Steve Smith earned sympathy not only from fans but also from the likes of Gautam Gambhir, Kevin Pietersen, Michael Vaughan and Shoaib Akhtar.

Pressure to win makes players cheat

Many famous names have been exposed for indulging in skulduggery at the behest of betting cartels.

1 April 2018 12:44 AM IST

Asma Jahangir: The five-foot giant

No personal tribute to Asma would be complete without a mention of TJ's supportive role.

18 Feb 2018 5:06 AM IST

By making bizarre accusations against rivals, he succeeds in putting them on the defensive while deflecting any criticism of his own course of action.

View from Pakistan: Of politicians and their soothsayers

Whatever people might think about Imran Khan but nobody can deny that he brings a lot of colour and macho swagger to...

14 Jan 2018 4:06 AM IST

Revenge, they say, is a dish best served cold. Nawaz Sharif, forgetting this adage, lashed out at the judiciary and the military in a white-hot rage, and is now paying the price.

View from Pakistan: Who to vote for is the dilemma

The PPP and the PML took turns at being elected, only to be turfed out by the military.

24 Dec 2017 3:18 AM IST

The picture was aken by Vietnamese photographer Nick Ut Cong Huynh for Associated Press, the picture was honoured with the Pulitzer Prize. (Photo: AP)

View from Pakistan: Ghosts from Vietnam

More bombs were dropped by the US on Indochina than on Germany and Korea combined.

15 Oct 2017 12:54 AM IST

Yogi Adityanath

View from Pakistan: A distorted version of faith makes us blind to...

The Yogi was the chief priest of the main Hindu temple at Gorakhpur, so one would expect his worldview to be a bit...

8 Oct 2017 12:49 AM IST

Several social and religious organisations in the city on Friday took out protest rallies against the genocide of the Rohingyas in Myanmar.

Faceless tragedies

As the audience meets the superstitious, raucous inhabitants of Anatevka, the distant rumours of anti-Semitic pogroms...

12 Sept 2017 2:41 AM IST

President Donald Trump sits at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

View from Pakistan: Trump era - A harbinger of an empire in decline?

Meanwhile, Trump is bent on creating enemies, losing friends and expanding the military.

5 Feb 2017 12:54 AM IST