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This is about keeping Pakistan: first, safe; second, strong; third, prosperous; and maybe eventually all three at the same time.

Pakistan to elect next president on September 4

Scrutiny of the nomination papers will be conducted on August 29, while candidature can be withdrawn on August 30.

17 Aug 2018 7:26 AM IST

Addressing the press conference, Imran Khan said: I came into politics 22 years ago because I believed that the potential of our country was not being realised. The Pakistan that I saw growing up deteriorated in front of my very eyes. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Imran Khan set to be elected Pak Prime Minister today

In case a simple majority of 172 members is not met, then the election is carried out on the basis of majority members...

17 Aug 2018 7:18 AM IST

Addressing the press conference, Imran Khan said: I came into politics 22 years ago because I believed that the potential of our country was not being realised. The Pakistan that I saw growing up deteriorated in front of my very eyes. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Creating party watchdogs will help Imran to perform better

Pakistan came into being at a time when separation of party and government offices was the ideal of democratic...

17 Aug 2018 1:05 AM IST

Imran Khan, 65, who won a simple majority from lawmakers on Friday in a confidence vote will be administered oath by President Mamnoon Hussain. (Photo: AP)

Pak on J&K: 1 minister talks peace, other blames India

But it seems overtures of talks and blame-game, piggy-riding on PoK, may continue to be the norm.

30 Aug 2018 4:35 AM IST

Pakistans cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) speaks to the media after casting his vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad. (Photo: File photograph)

Imran Khan to skip UN General Assembly session to focus on Pak economy

'No, the prime minister is not going. I will lead Pakistani delegation,' foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said.

29 Aug 2018 1:24 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Imran Khan should try to rule Pak as a 'last-term' PM

To be sure, different leaders have different levels of susceptibility to sycophancy. But no one comes into office...

29 Aug 2018 1:07 AM IST

A file image of stone-pelters in Kashmir targeting CRPF personnel

In Kashmir, it's time to try new tactics

The reality is that the struggle which is limited mainly to the Valley, involves less than 0.3 per cent of India's...

29 Aug 2018 12:09 AM IST

Imran Khan, 65, who won a simple majority from lawmakers on Friday in a confidence vote will be administered oath by President Mamnoon Hussain. (Photo: AP)

China wants to work closely with new Pakistan government: Envoy

'Pakistan and China are 'Iron Brothers' and close friends,' the statement quoted the Chinese ambassador as saying.

28 Aug 2018 10:48 AM IST

Imran Khan, 65, who won a simple majority from lawmakers on Friday in a confidence vote will be administered oath by President Mamnoon Hussain. (Photo: AP)

Shift in Imran's stand on China may 'expose' CPEC rhetoric

PM Khan's populist politics will necessarily take him down a rocky path to Beijing's doorstep.

28 Aug 2018 12:36 AM IST

The interior ministry has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) that no government official or other VIPs would be given protocol at airports. (Photo: AP)

Pak's new govt bans VIP protocol to 'influential people' at airports

The decision will be strictly implemented to provide equal opportunities to all travellers without any discrimination,...

27 Aug 2018 3:38 PM IST

Leader of Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf party Imran Khan speaks at the National Assembly in Islamabad on Friday, moments before his elction as new Pakistan Prime Minister. AP Aug. 17, 2018. Pakistani lawmakers on Friday elected former cricket star and longtime politician Khan as the countrys next prime minister in a step toward third straight transfer of power from one civilian government to another one. (Photo; AP)

Imran party claims to have numbers for win in Prez poll

Through RTS, the presiding officers were supposed to transmit results to returning officers and to the Election...

27 Aug 2018 6:25 AM IST

Imran Khan, 65, who won a simple majority from lawmakers on Friday in a confidence vote will be administered oath by President Mamnoon Hussain. (Photo: AP)

PM Imran is a real populist: He actually has popular appeal

Imran's problem in this new version of an old experiment is that he is, in fact, different to what has come before.

27 Aug 2018 12:16 AM IST