Nawaz Sharif sacrificed his ambition to become Pakistan's prime minister for a record fourth term and nominated his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif for the plum post as the powerful Army gave him......
The result is a big blow to the military establishment, revealing the limits of 'political engineering'. It reflected the anger of the electorate, especially its younger voters, who have spoken......
Jailed ex-Pakistan premier Imran Khan's party-backed independent candidates on Friday sprang a surprise by winning 86 seats out of the 201 results declared following unusual delays and allegations......
Recent disclosures allege large scale corruption, nepotism and kickbacks by Pakistan air chief Air Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sidhuin housing land deals in Islamabad and in buying of new aircraft,......
'If Israel had stuck to the peace accords, Hamas would have had no one to fight.' IMAGE: Palestinian kidney patients lie on hospital beds as health officials say they are running out of fuel to......
The challenge is to enhance opportunities for people to generate livelihoods through entrepreneurship, both big and small, argues R Jagannathan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A......
'Indian families' needs and expectations have gone through a revolution across economic demographics.''As this latest Modi-Sitharaman Budget demonstrated, politicians have understood this change.......
'Everybody knows that any solution would upstage and expose official bungling.''That is something Mrs Sitharaman's masters will not allow.''No matter how high the cost in human misery, they will......
There's too much going on in Anek, and a lot of it is terribly disjointed, complains Sukanya Verma. Before watching Anek, I did a little experiment where I asked a bunch of people to name all the......
'If questioning and dethroning hierarchies is your primary motive, why not put an end to the practice of announcing your shining star, your box office draw, in big flaming letters and mentioning......
'Insignias or not, Dhoni's will remain the deadliest pair of gloves behind the stumps,' notes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: The regimental dagger insignia of the para forces visible on Mahendra Singh......