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Saving the Punjab coalition

Saving the Punjab coalition
23.03.2025 20

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Revving it up

09.03.2025 10

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Method to the madness?

09.02.2025 20

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Talking it through

T he ruling coalition and the Pakistan Teheek-i-Insaf have formally started a dialogue to bring down the heightened political temperature. The...

05.01.2025 6

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Disobedience or negotiations?: Let’s talk

I f recent political developments are anything to go by, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf may just as well have changed its political strategy – from...

15.12.2024 5

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PTI post-bellum

T The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s march on Islamabad, followed by intra-party disagreements and the controversy regarding the decision to lead the...

08.12.2024 4

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Iceberg dead ahead

I mran Khan’s incarceration has exposed certain weaknesses of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, arguably the country’s most popular political party...

24.11.2024 3

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Patterns and interpretations

D uring the past week, many supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf regained some of their lost optimism due essentially to two ‘developments.’...

10.11.2024 30

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Strengthening institutions

J ustice Qazi Faez Isa has retired and Justice Yahya Afridi has assumed the office of the chief justice of Pakistan after the parliament legislated...

27.10.2024 3

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Consensus building

A  half-baked effort last week to push a constitutional amendment package raised a storm of scrutiny both from the opposition and in the media....

22.09.2024 5

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Consensus building

A dvisor to Prime Minister Rana Sanaullah recently revealed that Nawaz Sharif wanted unconditional talks with all political and institutional...

08.09.2024 3

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The third option

T he Awam Pakistan Party, a newly-established political group consisting mainly of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz dissidents, has yet to prove...

25.08.2024 4

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Politics as usual

L ast week, the always-on political bickering was overshadowed by the country-wide celebration of Arshad Nadeem’s Olympics gold medal. Another...

18.08.2024 3

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A little confusion goes a long way

T he often contradictory signals from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, as well as the ambiguous posturing by Pakistan...

04.08.2024 7

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United against terror

A fter rejecting several government offers for talks on the state of national economy and other issues, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has finally...

14.07.2024 2

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