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Husain Haqqani

Let the politics begin

The opening session of Pakistan’s newly elected National Assembly has raised hopes and revived fears about the country’s...

Politicians vs Establishment (contd)

Pakistan’s politicians have clearly scored a major victory against what is euphemistically called ‘the establishment’ in Pakistan.

Politics begins at 60

In its 60 years of independence, Pakistan has never changed its government through an election.

Musharraf's Indira moment

Here is a quiz question for all readers. Who told London’s Sunday Times...
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Field Theory

On November 28, 2007, General Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan’s chief of army staff...

Rule above law

Between them, Pakistan’s four military rulers since 1958 have virtually created a new concept in political science that can best be termed ‘the divine

Defiance may make him ineffective, force military to rethink its options

General Pervez Musharraf may not call it so but his proclamation to suspend Pakistan’s constitution in his capacity...

Whose bomb?

The tragedy that marred Benazir Bhutto’s triumphant return home reinforced several truths that have either been played...

A new old order

Pakistan is a land of many incongruities. The military, and to a lesser extent the civil bureaucracy, wield power but lack...

The stage is now set

Unless the Supreme Court of Pakistan rules otherwise, General Musharraf has been “elected” to a five-year term...

Down a slippery slope

Warning for Pakistan: A military mindset that does not recognise the value of civilian control eventually descends to the depths where Burma finds its

Even if Musharraf wins the polls

... he will suffer a crisis of legitimacy. The general and the military must soon make a choice

Upside of a Constitution

Why can’t Pakistan go through leadership changes like mature nations, with a clearly defined election process, implemented by an undisputed mechanism?

Trapped in a bad script

Pakistan’s dictators have a set pattern as, unfortunately, do its political leaders. The Nawaz Sharif episode illustrates this

Many versions of democracy

Events in Pakistan are demonstrating that the process of political change at the end of a dictatorship is complicated

Can’t skirt Pakistan

The country’s establishment negotiates with influential foreign players and refuses to talk to Pakistan’s own leaders

Why the world must look at Turkey

Turkey’s forthcoming presidential election offers an opportunity to define secularism in the Muslim world as a political system ensuring separation of

Missing the state

Pakistan’s elite can remain oblivious to the system’s dysfunction and unpredictability at the nation’s peril

Whither ‘unified command’?

For more than five decades Pakistan’s military rulers have depended on the country’s judiciary to provide a fig leaf of legitimacy for their arbitrary

Shadow war

To make a break with the past, Pakistan’s army must first acknowledge its mistakes

Jihadi’s world

Recent incidents in London and Pakistan frame the same problem: Instead of recognising the need to modernise the Muslim world, the jihadists claim the

That magical force

The army’s role in Pakistani politics is underlined by the faith people have in its ability to restore order. So Musharraf’s troubles don’t necessaril

No order without politics

Pakistan’s history tells us that to have a stable future, the country needs some robust politics

State of disenchantment

As the axe falls on live talk shows and news analyses on TV, the mood in the street remains defiant. The army top brass has pledged support to Musharr

The American waffle

The US government appears to have changed its course away from where it stood in November 2003. Then, in a speech at the National Endowment for Democr
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