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

Imran's PTI will have to build momentum to get 10 million votes

The PTI will need to come up with some compelling reasons for those voters because the party has a whole lot of ground...

25 Jun 2018 6:50 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

View from Pakistan: Dissolution - The first big test for Nawaz League

Nawaz turning up the volume to a full 10 had the potential to blow up all previous electoral calculations.

11 Jun 2018 12:27 AM IST

View from Pakistan: The crisis in Pakistan is real and multifaceted

It makes a kind of sense that 2018 could see a historic or thereabouts turnout.

4 Jun 2018 12:52 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

View from Pakistan: A shuddering dysfunction - Another Zia looms in...

Muzzling the media and hacking down the more reckless and audacious among the populace won't make the debates go away.

28 May 2018 1:06 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

View from Pakistan: For Imran, Nawaz's exit is a big boost

Imran, Shahbaz, Zardari, the Independents and the boys all now face a significantly altered electoral landscape.

22 May 2018 1:17 AM IST

Pakistan Interior minister Ahsan Iqbal

Pak polls: May the least-worst man win

Political violence is a familiar scar and around elections, an open wound.

14 May 2018 6:26 AM IST

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman and former President Asif Ali Zardari. (Photo: AP)

The next PM: Only a few legitimate contenders

Legitimate contenders though candidates with a genuine chance the next time round, after the election in July are just...

8 May 2018 6:26 AM IST

Pakistan has been given a three-month reprieve by a global watchdog over a US-led motion to put the South Asian country on a terrorist financing watchlist, Pakistans Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said. (Photo: File)

Polling season is going to be silly & chaotic

Khawaja Asif's disqualification has no systemic implications.

30 April 2018 4:24 AM IST

This is about keeping Pakistan: first, safe; second, strong; third, prosperous; and maybe eventually all three at the same time.

Pakistan's sweeping agenda

Always fighting to be safe, never stable enough to become strong that's goals one and two evaporating right there.

23 April 2018 2:44 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

View from Pakistan: How a fake crisis turned into a real one in Pak

The barrage of judicial verdicts against Nawaz has destabilised the system.

16 April 2018 12:36 AM IST

Any taxpayer who is in receipt of pension from his former employer shall be entitled to claim a deduction of Rs 40,000.

View from Pakistan: Pak govt has to be more transparent on tax amnesty

The best-case scenario is that the N-League's finance team believes the amnesty could net a great deal of money.

9 April 2018 12:59 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

View from Pakistan: Tweaking the system a must in Pak

History suggests that when the system wants its man, the system gets its man.

2 April 2018 12:30 AM IST