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Bhopinder Singh
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The writer is former lieutenant-governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry
    Bhopinder Singh | Target Imran: Gen. Munir a true soldier of Pak Deep StateOpinion
    Bhopinder Singh | Target Imran: Gen. Munir a true soldier of Pak Deep...

    As Imran's bête noire, Gen. Munir had to endure the former PM's reciprocal indignity of supposed corruption charges

    17 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (AP)Opinion
    Bhopinder Singh | How Imran shot himself in foot, and alienated all 3...

    There are three main power centres which decide who occupies the Prime Minister’s office in Islamabad’s Red...

    22 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

    General Qasem Soleimani (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Iran’s victimhood after Soleimani

    The concept of “martyrdom” is integral to sovereign Iran’s Shite philosophy and the same has been practiced by...

    27 Jan 2020 2:00 AM IST

    As the flawed exercise of the NRC in Assam showed, both Hindus and Muslims become victims.Opinion
    ‘Iron-fencing’ cantts: Keep forces away from politics, hate,...

    The dissonance of the Thimayya-Menon breakdown and the 1962 fallout were rectified reasonably soon.

    7 Jan 2020 1:08 AM IST

    MQM supremo Altaf Hussain (Photo: Facebook).Opinion
    India must reject plea for asylum by MQM’s Altaf Hussain

    The quest to ingratiate himself to India has led the famously theatrical politician to sing “Saare Jahan Se Acha,...

    29 Nov 2019 1:01 AM IST

    One army jawan lost his life in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in KG sector of Mendhar sub-division in Jammu-Kashmir. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Is a State apology in order for the abolition of privy purses?

    In one stroke, the word given by Sardar Patel and constitutionally committed as a sovereign guarantee was suddenly...

    20 Nov 2019 12:27 AM IST

    A time to introspect, rethink for vets who joined politicsOpinion
    A time to introspect, rethink for vets who joined politics

    The soldier, above all, is a constitutional entity that ought to personify the profound morality of our Constitution.

    17 Oct 2019 7:52 AM IST

    Pakistan’s Imran Khan: Who was the future once!Opinion
    Pakistan’s Imran Khan: Who was the future once!

    Another ambitious and Oxford-educated messiah of hope was rising fast in the East, who promised to restore native pride.

    24 Sept 2019 1:22 AM IST

    The Afghan solution: To strengthen Kabul handOpinion
    The Afghan solution: To strengthen Kabul hand

    The Taliban rubbed in their advantage by further threatening that hereon the situation “will lead to more losses to...

    16 Sept 2019 6:11 AM IST

    The court has dismissed all the charges against former ruler Pervez Musharraf and all those named in the case. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    ‘More of the same’ across the LoC: Why peace really scares Pak...

    This arrangement also insulates the Pakistani military from any negativity, as the civilian government carries the can...

    31 Aug 2019 1:52 AM IST

    From state to 2 UTs: Govt must get the ‘constitutional rewiring’ rightOpinion
    From state to 2 UTs: Govt must get the ‘constitutional rewiring’...

    A certain rectitude, restraint and dignified empathy for the common person on the street will go a long way in healing...

    20 Aug 2019 7:54 AM IST

    Global crisis of identity, allegiances is growing; not just in US & IndiaOpinion
    Global crisis of identity, allegiances is growing; not just in US &...

    Trump’s no-holds-barred vitriol was so bitter that even members of his Republican Party were forced to take contrarian...

    25 July 2019 12:38 AM IST

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