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thesquanderer

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18. If it were written by the PM or someone on his staff, he would not be referred to in the header as "Pakistan's PM"

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 09:47 PM

21 hrs ago

That's how someone outside of Pakistan might refer to him. Within the country, it would make no sense to mention which country's leader you were referring to.

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