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

View from Pakistan: The judiciary has Nawaz in its sights

The mistake the N-League has made is that it doesn't understand the court.

5 Jun 2017 1:08 AM IST

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

View from Pakistan: Sharif's challenge - No agenda for rule

The twin priorities of the Nawaz Sharif government this time round have been electricity and roads.

29 May 2017 1:53 AM IST

Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested in March 2016 in the restive Balochistan province and was accused of being a RAW agent. (Photo: Screengrab)

Pak laid Jadhav trap' to corner India

The mistake Pakistan made was to imagine it was going to teach India a lesson.

22 May 2017 12:56 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

General did right after he did the wrong

What Mr Sharif needs is policy space, a seat at the table and the boys willing to listen to him.

15 May 2017 12:48 AM IST

Pakistans new army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. (Photo: video grab)

View from Pakistan: New norms for civilians; challenge too

To anyone keeping score, the new chief had already begun to walk the path of the decider, not the follower.

8 May 2017 12:41 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

View from Pakistan: Sharif-Army face-off was long overdue

Five years can be a lifetime in politics, but it's too short to make folks forget the horrors of government by Zardari.

1 May 2017 12:50 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

View from Pakistan: Sharif wins Round 1 as Imran trails - What next?

The core of the PTI is the anti-corruption, urban cohort.

24 April 2017 1:04 AM IST

Malik Bashir Awan, father of Mumtaz Qadri, who was hanged last year for murder of a governor who criticized Pakistans blasphemy law and defended a Christian woman, arriving at his sons shrine on the outskirts of Islamabad. (Photo: AFP)

The State is complicit in mob justice

To pray at his graveside and spread flowers on his grave is to pledge allegiance to what the executed convict has come...

17 April 2017 6:34 AM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan. (Photo: AFP)

View from Pakistan: Will Imran as next PM really help the generals?

The era of Zardari had proven that coalitions work well for the boys' needs.

10 April 2017 12:24 AM IST

Pakistans new army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. (Photo: AP)

General Bajwa meets Imran, crosses political line

As words and deeds reveal the Gen. Bajwa approach, the difference becoming evident is of style, not substance.

3 April 2017 2:22 AM IST

Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. (Photo: AFP)

View from Pakistan: Pakistan-US ties - Old wounds, new history

If you hate Mr Zardari, you believe he'll do anything for money and is motivated by nothing else.

27 March 2017 12:37 AM IST

There has been a sharp drop in the number of complaints on cyber crimes since the demonetisation drive.

View from Pakistan: Citizens vs State - The battleground called Net

The misuse of religion for political ends can now be called out.

20 March 2017 12:44 AM IST