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View from Pakistan: Time to avoid chaos, salvage stability

With Nawaz as the candidate, victory is possible but it could be short-lived.

26 Dec 2017 12:59 AM IST

View from Pakistan: A lifeline for Nawaz?

A messy political world is about the best of political worlds for Nawaz right now.

18 Dec 2017 1:04 AM IST

View from Pakistan: Shahbaz still in Nawaz's shadow

The problem is Shahbaz hasn't been able to step out of Nawaz's shadow.

11 Dec 2017 12:05 AM IST

Federal Minister Shahhid Khaqan Abbasi argued that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could have taken immunity, but he chose not to, adding that he presented himself for fair accountability by offering full cooperation with the JIT.

A minority govt may be looming in Islamabad

The three-week crisis revealed a determination to see the end of Nawaz that he either cannot understand or does not want...

4 Dec 2017 3:06 AM IST

View from Pakistan: Nawaz is done. Even if he doesn't know this...

After Nawaz, there's no one in the party with a profile like Shahbaz.

20 Nov 2017 12:43 AM IST

Pakistans former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

Too early or too late: The election conundrum

A judicial thunderbolt every couple of months until next August could be the most welcome of political gifts.

13 Nov 2017 12:21 AM IST

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan

View from Pakistan: The coup trap in Pakistan

The good thing about the current silliness is that we don't have to be radically hypothetical.

30 Oct 2017 1:22 AM IST

View from Pakistan: The Shahbaz assault and the Nawaz wobble

Nawaz has learned nothing, at least not when it comes to legal strategy.

23 Oct 2017 12:22 AM IST

Ffounder of the Haqqani network Maulvi Jalaluddin Haqqani, gestures as he speaks with a group of media representatives in Pakistans city of Islamabad. (Photo: AFP/ File)

View from Pakistan: Americans are out to make Pakistan look bad

With the active service wholly dependent on state funding, a crisis of state finances is a potential squeeze on military...

16 Oct 2017 1:02 AM IST

Gen Raheel Sharif. (Photo: AP)

View from Pakistan: Talk about a takeover falls flat

There were murmurs of favouritism for political reasons and debates about whether Musharraf had been conned.

9 Oct 2017 12:22 AM IST

View from Pakistan: Why the Nawaz uncertainty? It makes no sense

The missteps in court had created an impression that the Sharifs had something to hide.

3 Oct 2017 12:37 AM IST

View from Pakistan: Pak likely to see 3-way split in 2018

The PML(N) had been expected to finish first and the PTI to give it a run for its money the only question was how close...

25 Sept 2017 1:43 AM IST