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Cyril Almeida
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'Dawn' journalist Cyril Almeida on the frenzy following his story on the army-government rift
The journalist was placed on the Exit Control List, stopping him from leaving Pakistan.
Cyril Almeida
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By weaponising public opinion, both India and Pakistan are diminishing chances of peace
There has never been a stage where both state and society in both countries wanted all-out war. This may change.
Cyril Almeida
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Pakistan is right to be wary of the US helping India get into Nuclear Suppliers Group
And there’s everything right in Islamabad turning to Beijing for support.
Cyril Almeida
Trending
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Seven Kashmiri students arrested after row over celebrating India’s World Cup loss
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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Stolen fingerprints, empty bank accounts: How customers are paying for gaps in Aadhaar
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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International Film Festival of India refuses to carry anti-caste poem by former BJP MLA in its daily
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View from Pakistan: On Kulbhushan Jadhav, what we’re being told isn't why it's being done
The last time Pakistan was being overrun by spies, it was the Americans.
Cyril Almeida
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Is Pakistan facing a fourth wave of jihad?
A prescient op-ed from the Karachi paper, 'Dawn', published on the morning of the Lahore attack.
Cyril Almeida
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View from Pakistan: Did Modi's Lahore visit really make sense?
You get the sense that neither the Indian nor the Pakistani prime minister really understands all the moving parts and endless strands that is Pak-India.
Cyril Almeida
Video
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IFFI Goa: Michael Douglas tries the ‘Naatu Naatu’ hookstep, delivers Amitabh Bachchan’s dialogue
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Caught on camera: Panic after passenger jumps out of emergency exit of plane at US airport
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Watch: Rescuers celebrate after an infant is pulled out alive from the rubble of her home in Gaza
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Watch: This performing duo danced like puppets at an engagement party
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Filmfare OTT Awards: Actor Rajshri Deshpande dedicates her win to Gaza victims, Indian farmers
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Why does Pakistan keep demanding a civil nuclear deal from the US?
Though Pakistani officials have denied that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will push for an agreement with Barack Obama when he meets him on Thursday, strategists across the border believe Islamabad merits one.
Cyril Almeida
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Deterrence on steroids: Pakistani strategists embrace nuclear option as answer to Indian threat
Credible minimum deterrence was simple, elegant ‒ and enough. But then, the boys decided it was not enough
Cyril Almeida
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View from Pakistan: Modi's anti-terror talk is actually making the neighbourhood more dangerous
The Indian prime minister is escalating tensions instead of cooling things down.
Cyril Almeida
The Reel
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A new Annapurna Devi film could be the last word on the recluse – or the start of a new quest
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee stars in survival drama ‘Joram’
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Start the week with a film: Darbhanga blues in ‘Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar’
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Eye Spy: What doing the ‘dunki’ means – and where we first heard the term