Pakistan
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‘Tarbooz politics’ in Pakistan: Politician distributes watermelons with his name carved on them
Lahore: As people across Pakistan are reeling under sweltering heat, a Lahore-based politician came up with a novel and cheap idea to help them in their efforts to stay cool. In a…
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Pakistan registers nearly 6% growth in 2021-22, economy rises to USD 383 billion: report
Islamabad: Fuelled by imports and consumption, Pakistan’s growth rate accelerated to nearly 6 per cent during the last year of Imran Khan’s government, the highest pace in four years, helping to increase…
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Army families will back me to remove Shehbaz govt: Imran Khan
Islamabad: Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday termed the Shehbaz Sharif-led government, the result of a US-backed conspiracy and claimed that the families of army personnel…
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Sharp rise in Pakistan’s default risk in global bond markets
Karachi: Taking cue apparently from a sharp rise in Pakistans default risk in global bond markets, foreign investors have returned to the selling counters in the domestic market, as they pulled out…
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Zardari minting money while Shehbaz gets cursed for it: Imran Khan
Gujranwala: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari is “minting money” while Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is “getting cursed” by the nation…
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Pakistani rupee falls to yet another historic low against US dollar
Karachi: The Pakistani rupee continued to tumble against the US dollar, breaching yet another important threshold of 196 in the interbank market to hit its weakest level on Tuesday, media reports said.…
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Ex-ISI chief visits Kabul to hold talks with TTP: Report
Islamabad: A Pakistani delegation led by Lt General Faiz Hameed, former director of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), visited Kabul and reportedly held talks with representatives of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terror group,…
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Chinese nationals teaching Mandarin in Pakistan called back
Karachi: Chinese nationals teaching Mandarin in different parts of Pakistan have left for home after being called back by Beijing following the recent deadly attacks targeting them, an official of the Karachi…
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Shehbaz affirms Pak’s ‘firm resolve’ to fast-track Chinese projects
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a “comprehensive” telephone call with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday during which he affirmed the government’s “firm resolve” to fast-track the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor…
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Imran Khan accuses Pak govt of ‘stifling’ voices of critics
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday accused the federal government of using means to “stifle the voices” of its opponents, media reports said. In a meeting with women lawyers,…
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Imran warns Pak govt of dire consequences if poll dates are not announced
Islamabad: Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, has warned that if a date for the general elections is not announced, the “sea of people” heading towards Islamabad would be detrimental…
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Ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz in a dilemma
London: There was more to the high level meeting of leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in London than met the eye, informed sources indicated. On the face of it, the…
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Political philosophy of Imran Khan
In this article, I am going to make an attempt to look into Imran Khan’s mindset and try to explain the deep rooted political psychology of his so-called anti-colonial rhetoric. Khan’s politics…