Toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled, Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and looks set to form a stable government capable of implementing reforms needed to rescue the fragile...

  As Nawaz Sharif gets set for a third term as Pakistan’s prime minister, he has reached out to India, saying he would be very happy to have Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his oath-taking ceremony. Dr Singh, too, has responded to Mr Sharif, having invited the latter to India. As...

Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s former president, is back home after more than four years in self-imposed exile. He is hoping to re-assert his influence ahead of the country’s elections in May. Musharraf touched down in Karachi on Sunday morning, despite the possibility of arrest,...

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  India and Pakistan are among the most important countries in the 21st century. The two nations share a common heritage, but their relationship remains tenuous. The nuclear rivals have waged four wars against each other and have gone to the brink of war several times. While India is...

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