Mian Abrar

Mian Abrar

The writer is Head of News at Pakistan Today. He has a special focus on current affairs, regional and global connectivity, and counterterrorism. He tweets as @mian_abrar and also can be reached at [email protected]

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Does China really ban fasting in Ramzan?

Promoting a peaceful outlook With the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, all national dailies and other media outlets started printing news claiming that the Chinese government had put a ba

Jun 27, 2015
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The man behind the Chinese dream

Beijing has come very far in very little time When Xi Jinping rose to prominence as President of China in late 2012, no one among international leaders even knew what shift China was going to m

Jan 10, 2015
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Ball in the military’s court

INTERVIEW: General (retd) Talat MasudArmy’s hold over important matters is not new Islamabad’s political paralysis has reached a point where talk of army intervention has started doing th

Aug 23, 2014
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An Interview with Qamar Zaman Kaira

Mob politics in Pakistan – how threatening are calls by Imran and Qadri to march on Islamabad?     Information ministers have the most subtle of tasks in government. A party in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/07/12/an-interview-with-qamar-zaman-kaira/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jul 12, 2014
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Puppets of the new great game

Sleepwalking into another nightmare?     Recent incidents on the national, political and strategic landscape point to a new scheme of things, a new game plan for Pakistan – possibly an expansion<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/07/12/puppets-of-the-new-great-game/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jul 12, 2014