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Pakistan’s new economic model: How a debt-ridden country is offering JF-17 warplanes instead of repayments
Converting debt into jets and military stakes might make for colourful headlines, but it does nothing to address the fundamental economic rot that has gripped Pakistan for decades.
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Pakistan says it 'won't need IMF' in six months: How Khawaja Asif's fantasy economics runs into a $10.6 billion wall
These are not signs of an economy ready to stand on its own. IMF assistance is triggered when countries are locked out of normal borrowing channels. Pakistan remains exactly in that position.
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Asim Munir’s double game: Hamas–Lashkar nexus grows as Gaza talks with Trump continue. Why this risks India
Pakistan’s actions lay bare a stark truth: the terror state that harbours Lashkar-e-Taiba and offers a platform to Hamas cannot be trusted to play a constructive role in peace or stability.
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Islamabad's illusion of prosperity: Why Rs 3 lakh a month in Pakistan falls short of Rs 1 lakh in India | Explained
Debating whether 3 lakh rupees makes someone an “Indian-equivalent lakhpati” misses the larger truth. The real story is not about currency conversion, but about economic decay.
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Jaishankar meets Tarique Rahman after Khaleda Zia's death: Has India read writing on the wall in Dhaka and adjusted course?
The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has proved unreliable, unstable and strategically troubling. And with BNP increasingly positioned to return to power, India is choosing engagement over inertia.
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Bangladesh’s dangerous turn: Why India cannot ignore a Pakistan-friendly BNP in Dhaka
The BNP’s growing influence has been cemented by Rahman’s dramatic return from 17 years in exile and the recent death of his mother Khaleda Zia, which removes the most visible restraint on the party’s hard-line factions.
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Who killed Bangladesh student leader Hadi? Anger builds up against Yunus amid anti-India smokescreen
From the killing of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi to the surge in violence against Hindus, the fault lines appear to lie within Bangladesh’s own governance structures.
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From defeat at India’s hands to Asim Munir’s power grab to Afghanistan blowback: How Pakistan unravelled in 2025
Yearender 2025: Pakistan drifted further away from civilian supremacy, economic stability and regional credibility, even as its powerful military tightened its grip over the state.
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Was Sheikh Hasina a ‘villain’ or a ‘shock absorber’? How Bangladesh’s turmoil is changing the way her rule is judged
As Bangladesh inches toward elections, the question dominating public discourse is no longer how Sheikh Hasina fell, but whether her removal has accelerated the very forces she once kept contained.
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Anti-India rhetoric dominates Bangladesh streets: Why India fears a Pakistan-style playbook | Explained
What sets this surge of anti-India sentiment apart is the convergence of multiple factors. Political instability, extremist mobilisation, minority targeting, diplomatic threats and foreign influence are all reinforcing one another.
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Trump wants Pakistani troops in Gaza: Why an easy yes could cost Asim Munir more than he gains
For Pakistan and Asim Munir, the Gaza stabilisation force is not just a foreign policy challenge. It is a mirror reflecting the contradictions of a military-dominated state that wants to play the role of Islamic defender at home while cutting transactional deals abroad.
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Pakistan’s power paradox: The only country where prime minister 'appoints' his own 'boss'
Pakistan’s prime minister today performs a ritual rather than exercises power. He appoints the general who will supervise him, legitimise him, and ultimately constrain him.
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Bollywood & Balochistan: Akshaye’s reel rebellion echoes a real struggle Pakistan wants silenced
While many viewers admire Khanna’s performance, Baloch activists argue that the movie stops short of fully acknowledging their political goals.
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Pakistan is discussing a new regional bloc with China and Bangladesh: Can it survive without India?
What makes the proposal more controversial is the recent political shift in Bangladesh. After the fall of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Dhaka’s ties with India have deteriorated sharply.
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Why does IMF keep saving Pakistan? The danger of financing a nuclear state addicted to bailouts
Pakistan’s latest loan solves nothing. It only postpones the next crisis. The IMF may have stabilised the numbers, but it has not stabilised Pakistan.
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‘Super General’ Asim Munir now controls Pakistan’s nuclear trigger: What this means for India’s security?
Under Asim Munir, the very institutions meant to protect and guide the country -- civilian government, judiciary, diplomatic corps -- are being sidelined.
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Putin in India: New Delhi eyes Russian defence ties as well as US trade deal. Can it have both?
Putin's visit comes at a moment when the balancing act is harder than ever, especially as India recalibrates energy imports and negotiates high-stakes defence agreements.
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China ramps up 'research' ship presence in Indian Ocean: Are these vessels masking military intent near India?
China’s repeated insistence that these missions are purely civilian lacks credibility when seen against its pattern of militarising the South China Sea and expanding naval power rapidly.
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From Liaquat Ali to Benazir Bhutto: Pakistan’s dark history of coups and assassinations as Imran Khan rumours swirl
While the speculations around Imran Khan may be mere gossip, they tap into a long and bloody history in which civilian leaders are assassinated, hanged, ousted or silence, while the military establishment floats above the law.
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'Modi magic' delivers again: How one man's precision politics powered NDA's Bihar sweep
By blending welfare politics with strong leadership imagery, Modi turned what could have been a fragmented contest into a cohesive endorsement of his leadership.
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PK’s clean politics pitch hits Bihar’s caste wall: Why master strategist failed to script his own win
For Prashant Kishor, who once engineered victories for several national and regional parties, his own electoral experiment has become a sobering lesson in the limits of strategy without structure.
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Bihar Election Results 2025: LJP delivers again for NDA as Chirag Paswan factor grows stronger
After his party won all five seats it contested in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Paswan has successfully carried that momentum into the Assembly polls.
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From 19 to 6: Congress routed in Bihar, Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote chori’ pitch finds no takers
Throughout the campaign, Congress attempted to shift the election narrative by raising concerns over alleged voter deletions and irregularities in the electoral rolls.
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Bihar Election Results 2025: Has Congress conceded defeat already? Party cries foul over '65 lakh missing voters'
Bihar Election Results 2025: Instead of waiting for the final numbers, senior Congress leaders appear to have shifted the focus elsewhere, questioning the credibility of the election process itself.
