NEW DELHI: “President Arif Alvi has sacked his secretary Waqar Ahmed immediately,” tweeted Pakistani journalist Azaz Syed adding, “Secretary to President removed. Surrendered to Establishment Division.” Clearly, the president saw the need to distance himself from his earlier complicity (or stupidity) in not ensuring two bills, giving the army vast new powers, were returned to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As Pakistan prepares for a caretaker government, with the sun setting on Shehbaz Sharif, the outgoing premier has called his 16-month tenure “the most difficult test” of his life. Leading a civilian government in Pakistan has never been easy, no matter the amount of political experience at the helm. And when one has to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: A re-run of Pakistan’s sorry past,” tweeted Husain Haqqani of the Hudson Institute following reports that former prime minister Imran Khan had been arrested after his conviction in the Toshakhana case. The trial court found him guilty of “corrupt practices” earlier today and sentenced him to three years in prison. The court said […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The recent flurry of interactions between Pakistan and Washington does not mean Islamabad will become a frontline ally of the US again, says Sushant Sareen, Senior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, as he parses the situation in the troubled nation which shows no signs of having learnt from its earlier mistakes.Read More
NEW DELHI: Pakistan has unveiled a seemingly new look nuclear doctrine, which seeks to close the window opened by India’s strike on a terrorist training camp in Balakot in February 2019. Brig. Arun Sahgal of the Delhi Policy Group think tank, believes the new doctrine reflects the Pakistani military/strategic establishment’s multiple insecurities, from a bankrupt […]Read More
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