Husain Haqqani
The opening session of Pakistan’s newly elected National Assembly has raised hopes and revived fears about the country’s...
Pakistan’s politicians have clearly scored a major victory against what is euphemistically called ‘the establishment’ in Pakistan.
In its 60 years of independence, Pakistan has never changed its government through an election.
Here is a quiz question for all readers. Who told London’s Sunday Times...
On November 28, 2007, General Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan’s chief of army staff...
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
General Pervez Musharraf may not call it so but his proclamation to suspend Pakistan’s constitution in his capacity...
The tragedy that marred Benazir Bhutto’s triumphant return home reinforced several truths that have either been played...
Pakistan is a land of many incongruities. The military, and to a lesser extent the civil bureaucracy, wield power but lack...
Unless the Supreme Court of Pakistan rules otherwise, General Musharraf has been “elected” to a five-year term...
Warning for Pakistan: A military mindset that does not recognise the value of civilian control eventually descends to the depths where Burma finds its
... he will suffer a crisis of legitimacy. The general and the military must soon make a choice
Why can’t Pakistan go through leadership changes like mature nations, with a clearly defined election process, implemented by an undisputed mechanism?
Pakistan’s dictators have a set pattern as, unfortunately, do its political leaders. The Nawaz Sharif episode illustrates this
Events in Pakistan are demonstrating that the process of political change at the end of a dictatorship is complicated
The country’s establishment negotiates with influential foreign players and refuses to talk to Pakistan’s own leaders
Turkey’s forthcoming presidential election offers an opportunity to define secularism in the Muslim world as a political system ensuring separation of
Pakistan’s elite can remain oblivious to the system’s dysfunction and unpredictability at the nation’s peril
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
To make a break with the past, Pakistan’s army must first acknowledge its mistakes
Recent incidents in London and Pakistan frame the same problem: Instead of recognising the need to modernise the Muslim world, the jihadists claim the
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
Pakistan’s history tells us that to have a stable future, the country needs some robust politics
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 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
