America

Pakistan army’s supremacy can be traced to how early rulers sought to overcome disadvantages with India: Ayesha Jalal

Ullekh NP

In the first decade of independence, Pakistan’s top leadership solicited the assistance of the US and joined anti-Soviet security alliances

Pakistani army will in due course have a pact with Imran Khan: Christine Fair

Ullekh NP

The Pakistani armed forces will not want a coup as it will then be directly responsible for all the wrongdoing, notes the American military scholar

The Power Point

Minhaz Merchant

India is a sensible bet for the West to counter China

Blue Chip

Ullekh NP

With the US and China engaged in a trade war over semiconductors, India is stepping up to take a slice of the global business

‘Our roads will rival those of the US by the end of 2024,’ says Nitin Gadkari

Amita Shah

After nine years as Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari’s achievements include radically increasing the pace of highway construction to 28.3 km a day. But, he tells Open, his biggest success is the popularisation of e-rickshaws