Nawaz Sharif: The lucky master of realpolitik is still leading the race
The aura behind his personality makes people believe he is one of them, others lack it
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The aura behind his personality makes people believe he is one of them, others lack it
While there was never any doubt about J&K being an integral part of India, the Supreme Court's endorsement of the decisions of August 2019 has given ballast to New Delhi’s global diplomatic strategy on the dispute with Pakistan. Relations have been tense for four years, but a window for engagement could open after elections in both countries next year
In the 1999 Kargil War, India defended its territory from a Pakistani incursion but chose not to expand the war with counter-attacks onto Pakistan soil. But in a future conflict India may be encouraged to take especially risky and escalatory wartime actions, posing a test for nuclear deterrence.
By 2004, Manmohan Singh could have argued that he was already a modern Indian legend, having guided India through multiple economic transitions — as chief economic advisor; as governor of the Reserve Bank of India; and of course, as finance minister during liberalisation, in 1991. But in 2004, Singh took on his biggest challenge, thrust into the position of prime minister at the age of 71.
New Delhi, Oct 21: Nawaz Sharif, former and most exiled prime minister of Pakistan, will fly home from London via Dubai today in a highly anticipated return. Sharif, who has been convicted of corruption, though in dubious circumstances, has ...