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India-Pak ties go from low plateau into deep abyss

April 27, 2025, 5:00 AM IST

Photo caption: Given the atrocity, a serious escalation is only to be expected but its aims should be clear A major terrorist attack, a vast human tragedy, nationwide anger and distress, and an India-Pakistan crisis…This…

April 27, 2025, 5:00 AM IST

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Pakistan’s multiple tug of wars, and the new wave of terror attacks

July 21, 2024, 5:25 AM IST

The string of terrorist attacks in J&K merits a widening of the frame to look at what is happening in Pakistan. The announcement that a ban on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and trying Imran Khan…

July 21, 2024, 5:25 AM IST

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With Imran in doghouse, is Pakistan poll result a done deal? Not really

February 4, 2024, 3:00 AM IST

Déjà vu is the predominant sense that hangs over the forthcoming general election in Pakistan on Feb 8. A principal protagonist, former PM Imran Khan, is in jail, barred from contesting. He has been sentenced…

February 4, 2024, 3:00 AM IST

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No, Pakistan isn’t imploding but the political logjam is far from over

May 14, 2023, 6:00 AM IST

As Pakistan’s multi-pronged political crisis matured over the past year, the issue always was when something would give. We cannot say whether the drama of Imran Khan’s arrest, the civic unrest and violence that followed…

May 14, 2023, 6:00 AM IST

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Pak PM’s overtures may not be a sign of deception or desperation

January 22, 2023, 11:17 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s statement in a recent interview about Pakistan wanting better relations with India and its having learnt lessons from past conflicts has attracted a fair bit of attention. Perhaps this is…

January 22, 2023, 11:17 AM IST

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Roots of the Pakistan crisis: Imran is set to face no-confidence motion again. Whatever happens, don’t expect stability

April 8, 2022, 2:25 AM IST

With the Pakistan Supreme Court declaring the April 3 dissolution of the national assembly illegal and ordering voting on the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan on April 9, the next act in the country’s political…

April 8, 2022, 2:25 AM IST

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Stay in Kabul’s heart: India should play to its only strength, focus on Afghan non-security issues

August 20, 2021, 6:00 AM IST

As India closed its mission in Kabul and evacuated personnel, a strong sense that we have embarked on another cycle of repetitive events is inescapable. That we have faced a setback is obvious. Yet it…

August 20, 2021, 6:00 AM IST

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