Politics is a good word

Wednesday 12 March '08

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

State versus Nation (contd)

Wednesday 6 February '08

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

Talking the talk

Wednesday 30 January '08

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

Let the healing begin

Wednesday 16 January '08

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

A credibility deficit

Wednesday 9 January '08

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

It takes a Bhutto

Wednesday 2 January '08

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

Wednesday 19 December '07

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 realise that he has lost the battle.

Mr Hosni Musharraf

Thursday 13 December '07

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

Wednesday 28 November '07

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

General Musharraf sat on a wall

Wednesday 21 November '07

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