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- The twin decision of Pakistan’s top court on the Sharif brothers has lent some relief to them, denoting changing winds in Pakistani politics. While the ailing Nawaz Sharif has been freed on bail for six weeks, the court has lifted a travel ban on his younger brother Shahbaz who is now heading t...
- The leader of the country’s most powerful Islamic party, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, a colorful, wily politician, and head of the Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI-F), has thrown down the gauntlet to the government and threatened to march on the capital. He is now seeking to emulate Imran Khan’s threats to th...
- The ailing three time former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, is out of jail on medical bail for eight weeks, but his ordeal is far from over. For the time being however, his critical condition has forced the federal government and the country’s anti graft body to refrain from contesti...
- Nawaz Sharif, the ailing former prime minister, has finally been allowed to fly to London for medical treatment amid doubts over his returning home to resume his prison sentence soon. Sharif’s deteriorating health condition and legal battle for removing the travel ban had intensified political ...
- A special court is expected to announce its verdict in the high treason case against former Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf on Dec. 17 after hearing the arguments of the government’s new prosecution team. This case has all the ingredients of high drama with far-reaching political c...
- The targeting of Muslims and blaming the community for spreading coronavirus pandemic in India has provoked strong reaction from the Muslim World. In a statement, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed deep concern over rising anti-Muslim sentiments in the country. The gro...
- The long-delayed negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government that began in Doha last weekend hold out the best hope for the end of war in Afghanistan. It was indeed a historic moment when the two warring sides sat face to face for the first since start of the war some two decades...
- Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan faces perhaps the most serious challenge yet as the opposition alliance has launched a countrywide protest movement against his shaky administration. It’s a formidable coalition comprising all shades of parties united against what is described as a “hybrid d...
- Some recent developments have raised hopes for a thaw in the Pakistan-India relations. As the two countries agreed to restore the cease-fire along the Line of Control (LoC) last month, Pakistan’s civil and military leaders offered an olive branch to India by emphasizing the need to “bury the pa...
- Backchannel engagement has led to some melting of the ice between India and Pakistan. Over the past few months, the guns have fallen silent along the Line of Control (LoC) dividing the disputed state of Kashmir and the war rhetoric is down on both sides. But there is still a question about whet...
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