Husain Haqqani

Politics is a good word

The March 9, 2008 agreement between Pakistan’s largest political parties to form a coalition government...

State versus Nation (contd)

Recent reminders by the Pakistani authorities that the media should stay ‘within limits’ reflect...

Talking the talk

Most heads of state paint a positive picture of their nation. During his recent tour of Europe...

Let the healing begin

Pakistan is in need of healing. The last one year has highlighted the many fissures...

A credibility deficit

Asked by a journalist if he had “blood on his hands,” General Pervez Musharraf...

It takes a Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto, the outstanding icon of Pakistan’s struggle for democracy, is gone. For those who only saw her as a distant political figure...

Alone in his labyrinth

A politician usually knows when his support has worn out. A general, however, must wait for intelligence reports or the siege of his command post to r

Mr Hosni Musharraf

Musharraf’s language and demeanour are the same as that of Egypt’s ruler Hosni Mubarak at the time of the 1987 elections for the Egyptian parliament.

Let the politics begin

The return of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to a popular welcome after seven years of exile...

General Musharraf sat on a wall

After imposing martial law disguised as a state of emergency, General Pervez Musharraf has cracked down on Pakistan’s judiciary...