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Pakistans former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

As Nawaz keeps quiet, the system' too shuts up...

Nawaz with his base in Punjab and mind set on peace with India is a policy-politics threat that would always have to be...

18 Sept 2017 2:46 AM IST

A total of 30 red rebels including some top Maoist leaders were gunned down by the security forces in a dense forest in Odishas Malkangiri district near AOB. (Representational image)

View from Pakistan: Are jihadis worth shielding?

LeT and Jaish loom larger in the Indian imagination than Pakistani nukes.

11 Sept 2017 12:30 AM IST

Forgetting core issues, Pak busy with Trump, India

The good thing about a pushover PM is that the boys can tell us exactly what they think.

28 Aug 2017 1:53 AM IST

Nawaz may not know how to get what he really wants...

This isn't about corruption, this is about power and control and conflict over what kind of country Pakistan should be.

21 Aug 2017 12:08 AM IST

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

Nawaz comes roaring back, but what will he do next?

Everyone reacting logically and in a predictable manner.

14 Aug 2017 12:37 AM IST

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

View from Pakistan: Nawaz is out, but may still be a winner

The hunger to be PM is as real as the opportunity to become one is rare.

7 Aug 2017 12:24 AM IST

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

PM Nawaz's ouster: Ducks not in a row

Is Nawaz at war with his Army Chief or DG Inter-Services Intelligence? Friction draws attention.

24 July 2017 1:44 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

View from Pakistan: Is it time to show Nawaz the door? Or not yet

The JIT has disbanded but suspicions of its motivations have coalesced.

17 July 2017 12:52 AM IST

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

View from Pakistan: Transition to democracy may have hit a roadblock

Zardari was a novice and not bound by the pact Benazir Bhutto had made.

10 July 2017 1:19 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

The boys' see Nawaz as a threat

Real as Nawaz's electoral support may be, it can't be weaponised because its core is soft.

3 July 2017 3:13 AM IST

Within the next couple of months, the first set of bulletproof helmets out of an order of 1,58,000 (order worth Rs 170 crore) will be given to the northern command of Indian Army.

View from Pakistan: We are now in a militancy trap

The dirty little secret is not that Pakistan is newly vulnerable, but that Pakistan has always been vulnerable.

26 Jun 2017 12:38 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AP/File)

View from Pakistan: A warning for Imran and Nawaz

The JIT process had already been tainted and the N-League had already whinged a whole lot.

19 Jun 2017 12:32 AM IST