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Will Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif bite the bullet and go for reforms to revive economy?
For Islamabad, the immediate task at hand is to renew negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In February, the approved disbursement of $1 billion under its $6 billion loan programme. The IMF has indicated that it will continue with the programme under the new government but Sharif's team will have to take "those tough calls" and not embark on the path of populism.
PM Shehbaz Sharif welcomed into a Pakistan in crisis
Sharif's celebrations of becoming the country's premier come with a daunting uphill task in hand, both politically and economically, as he gets a meagre welcome to a country in crisis. Tensions are already dwindling as the new premier is settling into the system. But the prevailing uncertainty in relation to the political crisis, glaring on the country's face, seems far from over.
Will Imran Khan and his party's mass resignation from Parliament help?
Imran Khan's decision to render mass resignations from the National Assembly was a difficult pill to swallow for many of PTI members as there was a clear deviation within the party. Many party members were of the view that resigning will cede ground open for its opposition parties, something that would not help the PTI but may show its negative affect and impact on Imran Khan's demand of early elections in the country. However, the final decision was left for Imran Khan to take, who decided to render mass resignations.
JNU: A fulcrum of Left Vs Right rumble
During the discussion in the Lok Sabha, parliamentarian Bhushan Gupta voiced the opinion that this should not be yet another university. New faculties should be created, including scientific socialism, and one thing that this university should ensure was to keep noble ideas in mind. However, 50 years after its formation, JNU, with each passing day is becoming an epicentre, a podium and a battlefield of the Left Vs Right politics that is often marred by incidents of violence.
The road ahead for Imran Khan - back to the streets!
Imran Khan is the first in Pakistan's history to have been removed from office through no-confidence vote in the parliament. His opposition, he claims, is part of a US-led international conspiracy, for which opposition became party to to oust his government in what is being said to be a deliberate foreign orchestrated regime change, a claim that the UA has categorically rejected and termed baseless.
'Azadi' slogans in Kashmir mosque do not augur well
It is apparent that even after the neutralisation of the Hurriyat Conference, Pakistan is able to perpetrate its mischief through its sympathisers. The element of sympathy for the 'separatists' and terrorists has not ebbed in the valley. Whether it is out of fear, or because of the lure of money, or just the 'religious feeling', support for the 'separatist' groups continues to linger.
'Naya Pakistan': How it remained old and there was no milk and honey
"Prime Minister till midnight of April 9, 2022" had banked and exploited a lot of his cricket field image and the making of a cancer hospital. "Imran Khan worked relentlessly for decades at self-promotion. His growing cult swallowed story after story: corruption would end in 90 days; the national treasury would overflow ....and never again, would Pakistan see the dirty politics of horse trading," says a piece in the Dawn newspaper.
Mass violence has no place in democracy
These markers would always be on the radar of intelligence. Mass violence is the culmination of a brewing process that would never go unnoticed by the nation's internal watch mechanisms. It can, therefore, be said that there was never a case of lack of Intelligence in reference to the specific episode of planned militant violence that aimed at causing a mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley in early Nineties.
Imran stumped Oppn, but what happens now that court declares it a no ball?
Imran Khan made a smart move to stage a pre-planned drill on April 3, when the Opposition benches turned up with majority support against him in the National Assembly to vote against the premier. However, Khan gave a jaw-breaking surprise to the Opposition when his trusted Deputy Speaker, Qasim Shah Suri, cancelled the voting on the no-turst motion, declaring it as part of an 'international conspiracy'.
Imran Khan is the new Nazi of Asia
The rift between the military and the civil government of Nawaz Sharif led to the ultimate demise of the latter. The question was who will be in charge of running the economy of Pakistan. When it came to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) former Prime minister Nawaz Sharif wanted Parliament to be the supreme decision making body. But the military was not willing to give in.
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