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Mar 07, 2019 Outlook Web Bureau Musharraf also welcomed the action against the JeM, saying it had tried to assassinate him twice in December 2003.
May 04, 2011 Pervez Hoodbhoy Osama’s killing is now a bone stuck in the throat of Pakistan’s establishment that can neither be swallowed nor spat out.
Musharraf is expected to make the customary pre-Independence Day telecast unless he is prevented by the government from doing so. If he telecasts his message, he may give an indication of his future plans. Will he announce his resignation from the po
Aug 08, 2008 B. Raman Various scenarios are possible on the question of impeachment proceedings against Musharraf, but the situation in Kashmir makes it necessary for the Indian army to redouble its preparedness for any eventuality. In the meanwhile, who is in charge of P
Pakistan is not yet a failed state, but it is a state with a failed leadership. The only possible way out is for the US to exercise pressure on Musharraf to leave in grace. He is the main stumbling block in the way of a national consensus.
A former foreign minister of Pakistan and a former Indian high commissioner in Islamabad on whether General Musharraf can be trusted after the latest disclosures in his book.
Discontent mounts in Pakistan armed forces against how Musharraf conducted himself in public and TV interviews during his recent visit to the US and the UK
It is high time that the US and the world called the Pakistani bluff, and demanded that the country and its leadership fulfil its commitments to neutralise terrorism from its soil, and engage in international relations in accordance with contemporary
The world failed to take note of the sick mind behind Mein Kampf. Millions of people died as a result. A similar catastrophe awaits the world if it ignores the sick mind behind In the Line of Fire.
Police sources in Pakistan say that even if Musharraf retracts from his admission, it is a fact that the payments were made to the ISI, which it used for funding the Neo Taliban, the LeT and other jihadi organisations.
Let's just take Musharraf's version of Kargil and compare it not with the version of Indian military officers and strategic analysts but with a version from a respected Pakistani military analyst...
So what is common to the Indian army, DOAE, BJP, PML, ISI, US Department of State and many others? Why, they all are deeply upset and outraged at the General's memoirs described variously as "fiction", "a pack of lies", "stingy with the truth", "s
'We need to talk of demilitarizing. We need to talk of giving self-governance to the people of Kashmir. And then we need to have an overall joint management body overseeing both sides of the line of control...'
'My autobiography is a window into contemporary Pakistan and my personal role in shaping it. I have lived a passionate life, perhaps impetuously in my early years, but always focused on self-improvement and the betterment of my country.'
1971. Bangladesh carved out of Pakistan. "All my brave soldiers cried with me. It remains most sad and most painful day of my life. My anger at the General who had taken charge of government and at some of the politicians of the time, still makes me
"In what was to be the most undiplomatic statement ever made, Armitage added, if we chose the terrorists then we should be prepared to be bombed back to the Stone Age."
'There is strong probability that the genesis of the Indian uranium enrichment programme may also have its roots in the Dubai-based network and could be a copy of the Pakistani centrifuge design'
Musharraf dwells at length on the theatrical circumstances in which he became the President of Pakistan.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan
The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Jan 15, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Jan 08, 2022 Rakhi Bose 
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
Jan 01, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.
Dec 28, 2021 Tanvir Aeijaz 
