Rawalpindi is seen to patronise him. And it’s a conducive pitch electorally—even if Nawaz Sharif, playing the victim card, poses a threat from prison. But the pennants of Imran Khan’s PTI fly the highest. Can he lay a new path for Pakistan’s fractured polity?

In his potential new role as helmsman of not just a playing eleven but all of Pakistan, is Imran Khan likely to unleash another hostile spell against India? Or will Imran the politician be different—marked by flexibility, pragmatism and amiabil­ity?

The terms of engagement that Imran Khan will offer will be no different from those of the past: dia­logue under the shadow of calibrated terrorism and greater focus on issue resolution than building co-operative mechanisms through trade and connectivity.

Political instability, workers’ exodus and climate change are robbing Darjeeling tea of its pre-eminence

Those who quit the Congress claim that the seniors and old timers have not been given their due in Gujarat.