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India debates while Pakistan mediates

Senior RSS and military remarks in India have reopened the question of dialogue with Pakistan, exposing the limits of New Delhi’s hardline public posture. At the same time, Islamabad is trying to show that its relevance now extends beyond India, through crisis diplomacy involving Iran, the US, the Gulf, China and multilateral finance.
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پاکستان کی سفارتی کامیابی، اور بیانیہ کی جنگ

اسلام آباد کی بڑھتی سفارتی حیثیت نے اسے بیانیے کی جنگ کا ہدف بنا دیا ہے۔ نیتن یاہو کے بیانات سے لِنڈسے گراہم کی تنقید تک اور بھارتی میڈیا کے منظم بیانیہ سے پاکستان کے اندر نئے دہشتگردانہ حملوں تک ایک نئی مخالفانہ لَہر اُبھرتی دکھائی دے رہی ہے۔
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Advocate Imran?

Imran Khan's apparent venture into the world of law, despite his history of disregarding due process, adds a touch of irony to his already conflicting persona as a political figure.
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Mending Pakistan’s ties with Russia: the need of the hour

In an ever-changing global landscape, forging a stronger alliance with Russia is the need of the hour for Pakistan.
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27 years destroyed in just 27 hours

Jahangir Khan Tareen has wooed former PTI leaders towards the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party with a flick of his wrist in a mesmerising twist, leaving Imran Khan feeling isolated in a matter of just 27 hours.
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Inspired by Capitol Hill

On May 9, chaos directed its peril on Pakistan, a tragic mirror of the the tumult that unfolded on Capitol Hill in the United States.
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عمران خان ہٹلر کے نقش قدم پر

عمران خان کی صورت میں ہٹلر کی پاپولسٹ سیاست کے اس عکس کو دیکھا جا سکتا ہے کہ کیسے ووٹ حاصل کرنے کیلئے کسی شخص کی عوامی پہچان اور سنسنی خیز ہتھکنڈوں کو استعمال کیا گیا۔
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ایبسیلیوٹلی ناٹ سے ایبسیلیوٹلی یس تک کا سفر

سابق وزیراعظم نے امریکی کانگریس کی خاتون رکن میکسین واٹرز سے یہ مطالبہ کیا کہ وہ عمران خان اور تحریکِ انصاف کے حق میں کوئی بیان جاری کریں کیونکہ ان کا بیان پاکستان میں ارتعاش پیدا کریگا جو پاکستان کے موجودہ حالات میں عمران خان اور تحریکِ انصاف کیلئے مددگار ہو گا۔
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Echoing Hitler’s Populism

Populist politics has significantly shaped Imran Khan's tenure as a career politician—it is not far-fetched to say that he has taken a page or two out of Hitler's book of such in reaching the masses.
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The tweeting fleeting politician

EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE AGED POLITICIAN, Imran Khan, has certainly proven his capability in recent days of coalescing a Spanish Inquisition-esque affair in mere minutes from...
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Maryam Nawaz, in the hot seat

Senior leaders in the PML(N) have begun colliding into each other like headless chickens—Maryam Nawaz is looking to change this.
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Musharraf hospitalised

The general's debilitating physical and mental state seem to indicate the end of a saga.
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Mental health kills

Former televangelist Aamir Liaquat's death is shrouded in secrecy. It needn't be so.
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