Karnataka is among states that rank high on the education and development index but its track record is rather poor as far as political stability is concerned. Tomorrow’s election will once again focus attention on […]
In March 2009, growing demonstrations led Zardari to agree to restore the chief justice to office; the government also subsequently announced it would appeal the banning of Sharif and his brother from politics. The supreme […]
In March 2007, President Musharraf suspended Chief Justice Iftakar Mohammed Chaudhry, accusing him of abuse of power and nepotism. Supporters of Chaudhry took the streets in protest, claiming the move was politically motivated. In May, […]
NAWAZ SHARIF IS PAKISTAN’S NEW CAPTAIN ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is all set to form government in Islamabad as it has acquired majority in the National Assembly after as many as 17 […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Close on the heels of Nawaz Sharif — who is certain to be the new Pakistan Premier after his emphatic election win —seeking warmer ties with India, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar […]
Says tackling terror and economic revival top priorities for the PML-N govt ISLAMABAD (TIP): Nawaz Sharif, poised for a record third term as Pakistan Prime Minister after his party’s emphatic victory in the landmark General […]
People of Pakistan have spoken out loud and clear. They have voted for change. Whether it is for Nawaz Sharif‘s The Pakistan Muslim League (N) or Imran Khan’s Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf, the electorate’s intentions are clearly known. […]
While Nawaz Sharif has won the election decisively, he faces the challenge of reaching out beyond his main base in Punjab to the rest of Pakistan Pakistan achieved a historic landmark with the completion of […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Union Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily assured the Non- Resident Indians that the Congress government headed by Chief Minister K Siddaramiah in Karnataka will put the state back again on the global map […]
CONTD FROM PREVIOUS ISSUE Abstract A decade after the military intervention that dislodged the Taliban-Al Qaeda combine, peace and stability continues to elude Afghanistan. There is still no consensus in Western capitals on what constitutes […]
DHAKA (TIP): The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on May 10, while the list of the dead from a […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Over 600,000 army and paramilitary forces have been deployed across Pakistan amid Taliban threats to disrupt the polls on Saturday. The Taliban on Friday warned voters to boycott polling to save their lives […]
Q. Can you tell us a few high and low points of your career in Foreign Service so far? I joined the Indian Foreign Service 35 years ago. We were young then. We didn’t realize […]
While the US and NATO and the Afghan security officials are willing to underline the latter’s ascending capacities, such views have been viewed with considerable skepticism among civil society and women groups, NGO’s and people […]
Whichever way the Hitchcockian drama in Islamabad plays out there is at least one certainty in the grand confusion: that Pervez Musharraf, arguably the most delusional of the four military dictators that have ruled Pakistan […]
BANGALORE (TIP): At least 16 persons, including 11 policemen, were injured in a bomb blast near the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s state office in the Malleswaram area of the city on April 17. The blast […]
April 17 blast in Bangalore and the Boston terror attack, which happened a day before, offer interesting parallels. While it was the first terror strike after 9/11 in the US, in India terrorism remains a […]
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