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13 Jun 2019

Pakistan: Bad Moon Rising

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is fond of using sporting clichés to explain complicated political dilemmas. “Bowling out the opposition” and forcing the “Umpire’s finger” are both regulars from his public speaking playbook. But as problems mount for Pakistan’s civilian leader, it’s getting harder to explain away reality with handy cricket metaphors. Cricket, after all, cannot be played in the rain—and Khan’s ship of state is about to run into some pretty bad weather.

Read Here – The American Interest

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22 Apr 2019

Why Imran Khan Bats For Narendra Modi

The general sense is that with Modi at the helm of affairs, war and conflict will mark the tone of relations between the two countries. However, this would be beneficial for Pakistan’s nationalist project that gets strengthened with every news of mob lynching of Muslims and other minorities, from India. This is not to argue that the state of minorities in Pakistan is any better: But New Delhi no longer represents a secular ideal. For Islamabad, a non-secular India is easier to contest.

Read Here – The Indian Express

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10 Apr 2019

Better Chance Of Peace Talks With India If PM Narendra Modi Wins, Says Imran Khan

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said he thinks there may be a better chance of peace talks with India if Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins the 2019 Lok Sabha polls due to begin on Thursday. Khan said that if the next Indian government were led by the opposition Congress party, it might be too scared to seek a settlement with Pakistan over Kashmir, fearing a backlash from the right.

Read Here – India Today

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01 Mar 2019

In the India-Pakistan Stand-Off, It’s Modi Versus Khan

These two men hold the key to whether India and Pakistan edge closer to an all out war. One — Narendra Modi — is a former tea seller turned politician who leads one of the world’s fastest growing economies: India. The other — Imran Khan — is a cricketing legend and leader of Pakistan, a country on the brink of financial and economic meltdown.

Read Here – Bloomberg

Also Read: India speaks in riddles after Imran’s peace gesture

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27 Feb 2019

India, Pakistan Claim To Down Each Other’s Jets As Kashmir Conflict Heats Up

India and Pakistan both said they shot down each other’s fighter jets on Wednesday, with Pakistan capturing an Indian pilot a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan for the first time since a 1971 war, prompting world powers to urge restraint.

Read Here – Reuters

Also Read: Imran Khan Calls For Talks, Urges India To Avoid ‘Miscalculation’

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20 Nov 2018

Pakistan PM Fires Back After Trump Tweets: “We Will Do What Is Best For Our People, Our Interests”

What started with United States President Donald Trump’s tirade against Pakistan culminated into a heated exchange between him and Prime Minister Imran Khan on Twitter, with the latter making it clear that “Now, we [Pakistan] will do what is best for our people and our interests.”

Read Here – Dawn

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23 Sep 2018

Storm Clouds

Five weeks into a five-year term, but this past week could prove to be the most consequential of them all. Three big things and all spelling some kind of danger for the PTI. It’s not been a good week for (Pakistan’s Prime Minister) Imran (Khan).

Read Here – Dawn

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29 Aug 2018

Despite A Fresh Start, Pakistan-US Relations Nosedive

Pakistan Foreign Office’s attempts to fast-track the normalisation of relations with Afghanistan, India and the United States are already encountering problems. In a seeming frenzy to meet the 100-day reform target set by the newly-elected leadership, blunders are being made one after another.

Read Here – Asia Times

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20 Aug 2018

Managing Pakistan’s Bomb: Learning On The Job

To be fair, it is not clear that Imran Khan will have much choice regarding nuclear policy. For Pakistani politicians, the options largely come down to either support the Bomb, or keep quiet about it. Like other prime ministers before him, Imran Khan may go and have his picture taken with the missiles that will carry nuclear warheads and pose with the scientists and engineers that make them and the military units that plan and train to fire them.

Read Here – Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists

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20 Aug 2018

Pakistan’s Economic Turmoil Threatens China’s Ambitions

Some in Pakistan have speculated that China may oppose an IMF program out of concerns that it would compel China to release the financing terms of many CPEC projects. But outside of situations where external debt restructuring is required, it would be exceedingly unusual for the IMF to make such a demand. Instead, the IMF would likely require confidential data on debt payment schedules and other financial information necessary to understand Pakistan’s full balance of payments situation.

Read Here – Foreign Policy

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