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Another December in Pakistan: A legacy of accumulated history

This December is however also witnessing an intense contest between a weakened government and what appears to be the rest of Pakistan’s political spectrum. Is this the normal raised level of static as the country enters the last lap before the general election? Or is the next act of the so called ‘creeping coup’?

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, left, listens to his brother Shahbaz Sharif during a party meeting in Lahore in October(AP)
Updated on Dec 23, 2017 08:30 AM IST
ByTCA Raghavan

This political turmoil in Pakistan marks the coming out of the Barelvis

The Barelvis are generally regarded as pluralistic and adherents of a softer, more moderate approach; although this image is gradually changing much like everything else in Pakistan

Supporters of the Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan Islamist political party, beside a sack full of shotgun and teargas shell casings used on them by police, at their protest site at Faizabad junction in Islamabad, Pakistan on November 27 2017(REUTERS)
Updated on Dec 05, 2017 08:36 AM IST
ByTCA Raghavan

Nawaz Sharif under fire: Is Pakistan’s history of regime change repeating itself?

Next year Nawaz Sharif would become the first ever elected PM to finish his full term. Whether Pakistan will sacrifice this on the altar of a mythical probity in public life remains to be seen

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif speaks to reporters outside the premises of the Joint Investigation Team, Islamabad, Pakistan, June 15(AP)
Updated on Jul 26, 2017 08:32 PM IST
ByTCA Raghavan

The Kulbhushan Jadhav case in the ICJ changes the goalposts for India and Pakistan

India’s approaching the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to resolve the Kulbhushan Jadhav case in Pakistan is a break from tradition, where India has always been reluctant to bring bilateral relations to an international forum. But this move could mean that relations between India and Pakistan are headed in a new direction.

The Government of India’s approach has always been to try and limit exposure of bilateral issues to outside influences, legal or otherwise. Thus the approach to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Kulbhushan Jadhav is a step in a new direction for both India and Pakistan(AFP)
Updated on May 12, 2017 12:04 AM IST
ByTCA Raghavan

Rahim: The poet within the courtier

A two-day festival in Delhi honours the great Hindi poet and Mughal general, still remembered for his dohas.

Among Abdur Rahim Khan’s legacy in Delhi is the Khan i Khanan, an exquisite tomb he built for his wife in what is today Nizamuddin. It’s currently being restored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.(Saumya Khandelwal/HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 11, 2017 10:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | ByTCA Raghavan
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