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Latest episodes
May 2, 2025 • 12min
CutTheClutter: Bilawal Bhutto’s interview signals Pakistan Army wants politicians to lead charge on Pahalgam
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Pakistan has put forward its political faces to present its case after India’s punitive measures in wake of Pahalgam attack. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif was the first, then came PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. In Episode 1653 of #CutTheClutter Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains the reasons behind this approach and looks at the storied Bhutto-Zardari clan.
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Produced By: Mahira Khan
May 2, 2025 • 5min
ThePrintPod: Use PMLA judiciously, don’t lose leverage by making early arrests—ASG Raju advises ED officers
Speaking on the occasion of ED's foundation day, the additional solicitor general also said officers should should take their time, get the evidence, take the statement & then arrest.
May 2, 2025 • 5min
ThePrintPod: The Centre must use the caste census wisely
The caste census will also reveal the status of disadvantaged groups within Muslims and Christians, sparking a new debate.
May 2, 2025 • 26min
Writings on The Wall: Pakistan, a National Security State, that suspects all, most of all its own | Writings on the Wall
Pakistan, a National Security State, that suspects all, most of all its own | Writings on the Wall
May 2, 2025 • 5min
ThePrintAM: WHAT IS THE US-UKRAINE MINERALS DEAL?
May 1, 2025 • 22min
CutTheClutter: India’s security architecture, its evolution since 1962 War & how it differs from Pakistan’s
#cuttheclutter Pakistan has a new National Security Adviser (NSA). In Episode 1652 of #CutTheClutter @ShekharGupta contrasts this with India’s reconstitution of its National Security Advisory Board, involving balanced representation from the armed forces, police, and diplomacy; he also contextualises these developments within broader civil-military relations, offering insights into two sharply divergent security architectures in South Asia. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to 'Evolution of national security structures in Pakistan' by Nasir Hafeez https://www.jstor.org/stable/48529365 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to 'The Evolution of India’s National Security Architecture' by P.S. Raghavan: https://idsa.in/system/files/jds/13-3-2019-evolution-of-india-national-security.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Produced By: Mahira Khan
May 1, 2025 • 11min
ThePrintPod: Any cross-border strike by India faces a potential drawback. It may be seen as underwhelming
The response of Kashmiris has been an outcome that is a true game-changer. The present government has an opportunity to claim ownership over this final and happy chapter.
May 1, 2025 • 6min
ThePrintPod: Retd Bangladeshi major general calls for ‘occupation’ of India’s Northeast if it attacks Pakistan
ALM Fazlur Rahman, who heads the seven-member commission probing the 2009 BDR mutiny, made the comment Tuesday on Facebook amid heightened India-Pakistan tension.
May 1, 2025 • 6min
ThePrintAM: What's behind Centre's caste census announcement?
Apr 30, 2025 • 26min
CutTheClutter: Pakistan's offer of neutral probe into Pahalgam attack is a tool to distract. Think 26/11, Pathankot
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Pakistan has offered to cooperate if India were willing to agree to a neutral probe into the Pahalgam terror attack. In Episode 1651 of #CutTheClutter Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at past instances of Islamabad offering cooperation in the aftermath of a terror attack in India, and explains how it might be a strategy to virtue signal and buy time.
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Produced By: Mahira Khan
