Umair Jamal

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Closely tied to economic upliftIn one of the most divisive elections in Pakistan’s history, Imran Khan’s party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has emerged victorious. Khan’s party is ho

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Don’t reach any conclusions yetThe chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has claimed this his political party is being isolated while others are running election campaigns freely in the

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And what it means for Pakistan’s general election With the increasing pressure on various political parties, the election appears to have gone into a state of uncertainty. The recent suicide bombings on<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/15/nawaz-sharifs-arrest/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Will an unforgiving Punjab abort the PML-N?The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a verdict against Nawaz Sharif, has handed down a prison sentence of ten years. Sharif’s daughter, Maryam N

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Why we were unable to plead our case successfullyThe Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided to keep Pakistan on its ‘grey list of countries’ which have "strategic deficiencies" in thei

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It is and has never been about external security challengesA few days ago, Moody’s, an American business and financial services corporation downgraded Pakistan’s economic rating from ‘stable

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Does PTI have the numbers to pull it off?Campaigning for the next general election, scheduled to take place later next month, has already entered a crucial stage. For all major mainstream politica

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There are bigger problem than just bad adviceThe PakistanTehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) doesn’t appear to be ready for the next general elections. The party continues to show that it doesn’t have a so

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Long overdue but finally the right consensus is reached The merger of the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is a historic constitutional amendment which should<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/05/27/the-mainstreaming-of-fata-for-a-better-pakistan/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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And the defections from his partyIn a recent interview given to a prominent journalist, Cyril Almeida, former chief of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif said that “you cannot

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US has tried to force Pakistan’s hand but to no availThe row between Pakistan and the United States, which began a few weeks ago with the latter placing travel restrictions on Pakistani

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A mixed bag of promises and ideasImran Khan’s political show in Lahore a week ago was momentous in numbers and the rhetoric which the head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e Insaaf (PTI) used during his