PAKISTAN
DCW studying ‘most pathetic’ conditions of Pak Hindu women refugees in Majnu ka Tila
With lack of housing and sanitation facilities, the refugees are living in the “most pathetic” conditions, said DCW, who seeks rehabilitation for these women
Speed is his creed: Cricketer Umran Malik
Express bowler Umran Malik, now playing for SunRisers, is IPL’s gift for Hyderabad from Jammu and Kashmir. This talented son of a fruit seller is now being nurtured by India’s veteran cricketers
The judicial politics
Pakistan’s paying the price of involving both judiciary and military in politics. India must take heed Over the last few years there has been a discernible, if also disturbing, trend to involve, or even drag in the judiciary to settle political scores. While instituting all sorts of cases—fake or genuine, criminal or civil— against political […]
MODI’S HARD-NOSED PAK POLICY
India may be dealing with Pakistan less as a policy imperative and more as a pathology. It is entirely possible that the policy is to not have a policy. If Modi’s approach on Pakistan survives after him, it will be a success Although Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s detractors have persisted with the canard that he […]
US FREEZE ON PAK STILL ON
The freeze on security aid to Pakistan, announced by the Donald Trump Administration early this year, has been incorporated in the $1.3 trillion spending bill which will fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal 2018. Congressional leaders, after weeks of negotiations, last night reached a deal on federal spending till September 30, two […]
Pakistan is under the radar
Pakistan to feature in the ‘grey list’ of the global money laundering watchdog after China revoked its support Pakistan will finally feature in the ‘grey list’ of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) — a global money laundering watchdog — from June this year. This was made possible after China, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, reportedly […]