New army chief can end political crisis in Pakistan: US scholar

Washington: The new army chief could broker a compromise agreement in Pakistan, setting a date for holding national elections, says Marvin Weinbaum, a senior US scholar who has written several books on Pakistan and Afghanistan. ...

SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE BLA RECKONING

In August 1974, one Abdul Majeed Baloch hid himself in a tree with a grenade in hand. The tree was located just outside a venue in Quetta where the then prime minister of Pakistan, Z.A. Bhutto, was holding a public rally. At the...

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WORLD: THE NEW WORLD DISORDER

The dispute between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky in the White House did not occur by chance. On the contrary, it was a calculated move designed to signal to everyone — especially Republic...

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Boys to men

The TV critic at the Guardian, Lucy Mangan, is stingy with praise. It’s why I did a double take last weekend when I saw her five stars — the highest — for Adolescence. I haven’t always agreed with all her reviews but she...

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NAP it in the bud

Despite the media focus on the reported ‘hard state’ remarks by the army chief at the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) meeting earlier this week, the huddle also saw agreement on a renewal of comprehensive...

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Countering insurgency

The growing intensity of the Baloch insurgency has led to a debate on how to tackle it. Security institutions vow to address it with force, and want to see Pakistan as a “hard state”. On the other hand, sections of the int...

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