Tag: Pakistan
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Documenting the death of a whirlwind called Qandeel Baloch
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, Book: The Sensational Life and Death of Qandeel Baloch; Author: Sanam Maher; Publisher: Aleph; Pages: 272; Price: Rs 466 Like a dragon exhaling spurts of fire, the global social media factory has spewed many a fiesty celebrities over time. But unlike the Paris Hiltons and Kim Kardashians of the world and India’s…
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Iran says to jointly produce defence equipment with Pakistan
Islamabad : Iranian top military commander said on Tuesday that Iran and Pakistan are seeking to jointly manufacture defence equipment, Press TV reported. Major General Mohammad Baqeri, chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, made the remarks following a meeting with Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain in Islamabad on Tuesday. Iran and Pakistan are working…
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Turkey to export 30 combat helicopters to Pakistan
Ankara: Turkey and Pakistan on Friday signed a deal for the sale of 30 T129 ATAK helicopters, according to the Turkish Defense Industries Undersecretariat (SSB). “Contract negotiations on T129 ATAK helicopters between Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and the Pakistani Ministry of Defense Production were finalized,” the undersecretariat said in a statement. This is the biggest…
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Nawaz Sharif, daughter arrested, taken to Islamabad
Lahore : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were arrested by anti-corruption officials late on Friday after they arrived in Lahore from Abu Dhabi. The two were taken to Islamabad in a private plane. According to media reports, dozens of security officials entered the plane as it landed and asked…
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We didn’t expect major escalation after surgical strikes, as Pak capability is limited: Ex-GoC, Northern Command
By Mohd Asim Khan, New Delhi : The Indian side was prepared for escalation — in case Pakistan chose to do so — while conceiving and executing the 2016 surgical strikes by crossing the Line of Control (LoC) along the Jammu and Kashmir border, according to the army general who oversaw the strikes. “We had…
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US reminds Pakistan it’s still ‘on notice’ for Taliban ‘sanctuaries’
Washington : A top US official has reminded Pakistan that it is still “on notice” to eliminate terror havens from its territory and said that Washington wants unequivocal cooperation in ending sanctuaries enjoyed by the Taliban on its soil. “Pakistan is on notice that we expect its unequivocal cooperation ending sanctuaries that the Taliban have…
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‘Pakistan’s political trajectory would be different had Jinnah lived’
By Saket Suman, New Delhi : The Pakistan of today may be “overwhelmed by unsavoury perceptions of it”, but according to the country’s leading cultural critic, Nadeem F. Paracha, its founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah had envisaged “a diverse country” where a Muslim majority engaged with other faiths in various spheres to construct a “dynamic” society…
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A kaleidoscope of Pakistan’s other surprising side (Book Review)
By Vikas Datta, Title: Points of Entry: Encounters at the Origin Sites of Pakistan; Author: Nadeem Farooq Paracha; Publisher: Tranquebar; Pages: 188; Price: Rs 499 In the mid-1950s, the screening of a Hollywood film in a Karachi cinema ended with the place getting trashed. Eventually, its exhibition had to be stopped for it continued to…
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Pakistan’s perilous state – the public position and perception (Book Review)
By Vikas Datta, Title: Pakistan under Siege: Extremism, Society, and the State; Author: Madiha Afzal; Publisher: Viking/Penguin Random House India; Pages: 208; Price: Rs 599 It is considered one of the world’s most dangerous countries for being a hub of a particularly virulent form of violent religious extremism, whose impact ranges far beyond the neighbourhood…
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Pakistan to appoint new envoy amidst US travel restrictions
Islamabad : Pakistan is set to appoint a new ambassador in Washington as the US has announced travel restrictions on Pakistani diplomats across the country starting from Friday, the media reported on Thursday. Pakistan’s top envoy to the US Aizaz Chaudhry has announced to leave the post following the announcement of the restrictions. On Wednesday,…