Ambivalence of being Benazir

Wednesday 29 August '07

The ‘deal’ with Musharraf is making Pakistanis suspicious of her confidence in popular support

Courting emergency

Saturday 11 August '07

If ever a military ruler was needed by Pakistan, it is now. Circumstances have forced moderation on the army

Back to the future

Saturday 21 July '07

Not all may be lost for Musharraf just yet, but the restored CJ is bound to turn the heat on his government

Little stopping the mullahs

Thursday 5 July '07

After violence erupted around the Lal Masjid in Islamabad, the question is: will it become a litmus test for Musharraf to prove that he can enforce the writ of the state? And the question once again is: does he want to?

Is print media next in line?

Wednesday 6 June '07

Local live broadcasts are dead, long live the foreign media’ is the buzz in Pakistan.

Ghost town Karachi

Wednesday 16 May '07

The media remains a bastion of freedom in these trying times in Pakistan

Can democracy be far behind?

Thursday 10 May '07

In Pakistan, for now, real power seems to be back in the hands of the people

Deal ya no deal?

Thursday 19 April '07

Musharraf needs Benazir. Both are cast in the lead roles of someone else’s script. Who cares about democracy?

Line of fire, circle of unreason

Wednesday 27 September '06

Everyone in Pakistan has high expectations of General Musharraf’s In the Line of Fire: the liberal urban minority, the silent majority, the religious fanatics. The book will be interpreted variously as coming from a prophet of boon or of doom, and all else in between