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How to hide a president in plain sight: Trump’s catering caper had a Clinton precedent

TOI correspondent from Washington: The catering caper may have been new. The presidential decoy was not.

The Times of India

India-Pakistan tensions: A brief history of conflict

For nearly eight decades, India and Pakistan have experienced near-constant tensions.

Al Jazeera

From patron to prey: The rise and fragmentation of Pak’s terror landscape

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s remarks during a live news interview, that his country has been doing “dirty work” for the West for the last three decades, was a stunning admission on Islamabad’s long history of supporting, training and funding terrorist organisations. A decade ago, former army chief and president…

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Political assassinations are not just an American problem – they have been all too frequent throughout history

By the time Julius Caesar died with the words “Et tu, Brute?” on his lips, political assassinations were already a common occurrence.

The Conversation

Why India and Pakistan’s T20 cricket showdown in New York is such a big deal

Americans might be surprised to learn that cricket – not baseball, nor football – holds the title of the nation’s first modern team sport. European immigration fueled the sport’s popularity in the first half of the 19th century, and Abraham Lincoln reportedly watched a cricket match in 1859.

The Conversation

‘Most vexing’ test: Can Pakistan’s Sharifs revive talks with India’s Modi?

Analysts say India’s 2024 election will need to pass first. But a long history between the Sharifs and Modi offers hope

Al Jazeera

Army brat to ‘anti-establishment’ face: Who is Pakistan’s Omar Ayub Khan?

His grandfather led Pakistan’s first military coup. Is PTI’s Omar Ayub Khan the democracy champion his country needs?

Al Jazeera

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Army looms large as Nawaz Sharif eases towards fourth term in Pakistan

Military has put its faith in former PM for fourth time, leading many to believe election outcome is already decided

The Guardian - UK

Can Pakistan’s politicians break the military’s stranglehold?

Pakistan’s political leaders have come together previously to bargain for more space in the system. But it’s difficult.

Al Jazeera

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2023

From a hot dog vendor to head of the formidable mercenary army Wagner Group, his rise through Russian society could easily be described as meteoric

The Independent UK

When Musharraf told Lakshmipathy Balaji: 'You are a great soldier... I salute your spirit'

NEW DELHI: Lakshmipathy Balaji turned out to be the cynosure of all eyes during the Indian cricket team's tour of Pakistan in 2004 with his on-field exploits so much so that the then president Gen Pervez Musharraf saluted his spirit and hailed him as a great soldier fighting bravely for…

The Times of India

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The Hindu

Factbox-Pakistan anti-graft agency that arrested Imran Khan has wide powers

Created by military dictator late General Pervez Musharraf and currently headed by a retired general, Pakistan's powerful anti-graft agency that arrested former prime minister Imran Khan in a land fraud case has a mandate to end corruption in the country.

Reuters

Trudy Rubin: A former Pakistani leader's death, and his wise peace plan that failed

When I sat down for a poolside dinner in Villanova in late September 2009, I didn't expect to hear the inside story on how Pakistan and India had come tantalizingly close to making peace two years earlier.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Foreign Policy

Have China and Pakistan Hit a Roadblock?

Beijing-funded infrastructure projects have slowed, but their longtime partnership remains inevitable.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Leadership Condoles Pakistan on Death of Former President

The Saudi leadership offered on Tuesday its condolences to Pakistan on the death of former President Pervez Musharraf. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz sent a cable of condolence to Pakistani President Dr. Arif Alvi. He expressed his condolences to the president, people of Pakistan and…

Reuters

Pakistan's former President Musharraf buried in Karachi

Pakistani former President Pervez Musharraf, a key U.S. ally in the campaign against al Qaeda following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, was buried in his hometown of Karachi on Tuesday.

Al Jazeera

Pervez Musharraf, ex-military ruler of Pakistan, laid to rest

Pervez Musharraf, who backed the US invasion of Afghanistan, wasburied at a cemetery in Karachi with ‘military honours’.

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The Independent UK

Hundreds attend funeral of Pakistan's ex-President Musharraf

Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf has been buried in his family’s hometown, the southern port city of Karachi, a day after a special plane transported his body from the United Arab Emirates where he died over the weekend

Al Jazeera

Ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s body brought to Pakistan

Former president, 79, died on Sunday after a prolonged illness at a hospital in Dubai, where he lived in exile.

The Independent UK

Officials: Plane carrying Musharraf's body lands in Pakistan

Officials say a plane transporting the body of Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf from the United Arab Emirates arrived in Karachi amid tight security

Tribune News Service

Pervez Musharraf, former military ruler of Pakistan, dies at 79

Pervez Musharraf, the former four-star Pakistani army general who governed the South Asian nation for nearly a decade after coming to power in a 1999 bloodless coup, has died. He was 79.

The Times of India

How India-Pakistan cricket thrived in Pervez Musharraf's rule

KARACHI: Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil War in 1999, loved his cricket.

Reuters

Factbox-Facts about Pakistan's late former President Pervez Musharraf

Here are some facts about the life and career of Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf, who died on Sunday:

The Guardian - UK

General Pervez Musharraf obituary

Former president of Pakistan who supported the US in its war on terror and was hailed as George Bush’s ‘best buddy’

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