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Owing to the heavy inflow from Karnataka reservoirs the combined discharge is over 2.30 lakh cusecs from Mettur, Bhavani Sagar and Amaravathi dams. (Representational Image)

View from Pakistan: In battle over dams, see the bigger picture

Big projects are obviously expensive and complicated, but they're hardly impossible.

17 Sept 2018 12:11 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Two crucial disconnects for Imran Khan

The first is between Imran and Asad Umar, the PM-FM symbiosis and closeness that's missing.

10 Sept 2018 12:45 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Imran Khan wants to be a PM or fix things?

The fierce pounding he took then made no sense to suffer without some quick damage control.

3 Sept 2018 12:15 AM IST

PM Imran is a real populist: He actually has popular appeal

Imran's problem in this new version of an old experiment is that he is, in fact, different to what has come before.

27 Aug 2018 12:12 AM IST

Imran Khan, 65, was on Saturday sworn in as Pakistans new prime minister, nearly 22 years after the former cricket hero entered politics. (Photo: AFP)

Imran time is here. But is change really on the way?

If change is a comin' or change is to remain another country, there are at least some clues of where to look for early...

21 Aug 2018 1:51 AM IST

Fawad Chaudhry, spokesperson of Imran Khans Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said that Imran Khan will invite all members of the 1992 World Cup-winning Pakistani cricket team for his oath-taking ceremony as Pakistan Prime Minister. (Photo: AFP)

Hard-nosed reality ahead for PM Khan

A lie at the heart of Imran's ascension to power and the smiting down of his predecessor has been that there is a...

13 Aug 2018 12:37 AM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Imran will get the numbers that he needs in Parliament

Between the incoming government and the Opposition silliness, you'd quite obviously prefer to be Imran just now.

6 Aug 2018 12:58 AM IST

65-year-old Imran Khan is set to become the next prime minister of Pakistan with his PTI emerging as the single largest party in the election held on July 25, winning 116 of 270 seats. (Photo: AP)

PM Imran may be more secure than he looks now

A single-party majority in the National Assembly is near bulletproof constitutionally.

30 July 2018 1:53 AM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Imran's PTI vs PML-N: Central Punjab will see a crucial battle

There were too many cats to stuff into the bag to begin with and the bag would have had to be small to remain...

23 July 2018 12:41 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

For Sharifs, is jail a halt on way towards a comeback?

Hyper-partisanship, fear, anger, dread, confusion it's all out there at the moment and it's all mixed up.

16 July 2018 2:39 AM IST

Imran Khan faced a lot of backlash on the social media for his phateechar remark.(Photo: AFP)

PM Imran... Or Sanjrani option? Or can Nawaz still cut a deal?

Now, even if Nawaz returns and sets the campaign trail on fire, the pieces are in place to thwart a last-minute PML(N)...

9 July 2018 2:08 AM IST

Imran Khan said feminism has degraded the role of a mother.

Can Shahbaz, Imran, Zardari, Nawaz get their acts together?

To be a leader, to be perceived as a leader, you have to be a bit brash, ready to fight, willing to take on and take...

2 July 2018 6:40 AM IST