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Prime Minister Imran Khan's government has been accused of wanting to devastate his rivals running Sindh state. Photo: AFP / Muhammad Reza / Anadolu
Posted inOpinion

In Pakistan, ‘great woes befall the state’

by Imad Zafar March 31, 2020March 31, 2020

Power usually makes people blind and it makes them believe that they will always remain in power, and under this delusion they start thinking of their critics and opponents as threats to their hegemony. Yet in reality no one is indispensable and everyone has to leave the throne at some point in time. The way […]

Maryam and Nawaz Sharif at Abu Dhabi airport on their way back to Pakistan on July 13, 2018. Photo: Twitter
Posted inOpinion

Game of power politics far from over in Pakistan

by Imad Zafar March 10, 2020March 10, 2020
The daughter of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz. Photo: AFP
Posted inPakistan, South Asia

Pakistan: Change the system, not just its face

by Imad Zafar September 27, 2019February 18, 2020
Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Photo: Economic Times
Posted inPakistan, South Asia

As elected leaders fall, deep state’s puppets flourish

by Imad Zafar July 19, 2019February 18, 2020
Dawn logo
Posted inPakistan, South Asia, World

Treason and contempt charges will not work in the modern age

by Imad Zafar September 28, 2018September 28, 2018
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Pakistan's outgoing prime minister, is the latest politician to be disqualified by a court. Photo: Reuters / Faisal Mahmood
Posted inPakistan, South Asia

Controversial Islamist laws being used to sideline Pakistani politicians

by Kunwar Khaldune Shahid June 29, 2018February 18, 2020
Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Photo: Economic Times
Posted inPakistan, South Asia

Pakistanis tiring of elections manipulated by establishment

by Imad Zafar June 28, 2018
Imran Khan, Pakistan's prime minister and chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party, addresses supporters in Lahore. Photo: Reuters / Mohsin Raza
Posted inPakistan, South Asia

Pakistan to hold general election on July 25

by Reuters May 27, 2018February 18, 2020
The Geo TV studio. The station has been dropped by many cable operators. Photo: Asia Times files.
Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia

Self censorship descends on Pakistani media as polls loom

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid May 21, 2018February 18, 2020
Nawaz Sharif's remarks on the Mumbai attacks have seen him accused of being 'anti-Pakistan'. Photo: Reuters / Mian Khursheed
Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia

Nawaz Sharif evokes Mumbai terror attack to outflank military

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid May 15, 2018February 18, 2020
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi answers a question during the panel discussion with the Council on Foreign Relations in Manhattan, New York, on September 20, 2017.  Photo: Reuters / Jeenah Moon
Posted inAfghanistan, Beijing, China, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Team Trump places Pakistan in a paradox

by William Holland May 15, 2018
Map of Pakistan. Photo: iStock
Posted inAfghanistan, China, European Union, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan’s national cauldron: civil-military conflict

by Rahim Nasar April 16, 2018
China President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the Boao Forum for the Asia Annual Conference 2018. Photo: AFP
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, World

Boao Forum breath of fresh air amid trade uncertainty

by Sabena Siddiqui April 12, 2018
Workers stand by a gas pipe near the town of Serhetabat, Turkmenistan, on February 23, during a launch ceremony for construction work on TAPI, a natural gas pipeline that will link Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India. Photo: Reuters / Marat Gurt
Posted inAfghanistan, China, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, World

Afghanistan ready to play connector role in Eurasian integration

by Pepe Escobar February 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Protesters condemn the death of Naqibullah Mehsud, whose family say he was killed by police in a so-called "encounter killing" in Karachi, Pakistan, on January 22. Photo: Reuters /Akhtar Soomro
Posted inAfghanistan, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan’s ‘Pashtun Spring’: human rights vs War on Terror

by Admir Skodo February 25, 2018February 18, 2020
3d illustration currency sign yuan on abstract futuristic network technology background. Photo: iStock
Posted inBeijing, China, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

South Asia market rebound eludes China Belt binge

by Gary Kleiman February 1, 2018February 1, 2018
US President Donald Trump delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 26, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Denis Balibouse
Posted inChina, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Asia, not America, takes center stage at Davos

by Nigel Green January 30, 2018
A shopkeeper waits for customers in Kabul on December 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Omar Sobhani
Posted inAfghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia

Trump’s Twitter threat to Pakistan wins Afghans’ favor

by Ruchi Kumar January 10, 2018February 18, 2020
Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev (left) and President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAfghanistan, China, European Union, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Pakistan-Russia relations on upward trajectory

by Ume Farwa December 19, 2017
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) stands with chiefs of staff and defense ministers of a Saudi-led Islamic military counter terrorism coalition during their meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 26, 2017. Photo: Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout
Posted inAfghanistan, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan’s delicate position in Saudi-led military coalition

by Saikat Datta and Kunwar Khuldune Shahid November 28, 2017February 18, 2020

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