Meghnad Desai

The idea of Pakistan


Meghnad Desai
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Gunmen abduct Sarabjit's lawyer, son, free them later

Friday 17 May '13

Awais Sheikh had Wednesday night written to Amnesty International about threat to life
Do not be friends with India, Hizbul chief warns Nawaz Sharif

Thursday 16 May '13

No govt in Pakistan will remain in chair if it abandons Kashmir cause: Salahuddin
Will be happy if Manmohan attends swearing-in: Sharif

Monday 13 May '13

Reaches out to Pak Army, says only Musharraf behind 1999 coup
US drone strikes violate Pak sovereignty: Sharif

Monday 13 May '13

Sharif hails 'good ties'' with US, offers olive branch to Afghanistan
Two terror attacks, four sets of accused, two names in common

Monday 13 May '13

A look at contradictions between ATS claims and those of crime branch, and Malegaon connection
Nawaz Sharif set for third term as Pakistan PM

Monday 13 May '13

Pak polls: High tally surprises even PML(N), Imran Khan alleges elections rigged.
Nawaz Sharif declares victory after Pak votes in historic election

Sunday 12 May '13

24 killed, massive turnout, Imran and PPP trail PML (N) in early trends
In Lahore, they wait to queue at booths today and vote for change

Saturday 11 May '13

Across this city, the streets have been decorated with thousands of colourful posters
Network Trouble

Saturday 4 May '13

Exclude the Haqqanis and Qaeda will return to Kabul
Pakistan parties go to polls with India-friendly manifestos

Sunday 28 April '13

The historic national elections in Pakistan on May 11 the first after any elected government completed a full term
Lashkar recruits come from same districts that produce Pak army officers: US report

Monday 8 April '13

The Lashkar-e-Toiba recruits most of its cadre from Pakistan''s Punjab province, and the districts they come from overlap those that produce Pakistan army officers
More powers in special zones: J&K police Bill has AFSPA ring

Sunday 24 February '13

Senior J&K High Court lawyer Riyaz Khawar accused the government of trying to make a police state.
Probe J-K Police officials who set up Afzal Guru: Kashmir parties

Monday 18 February '13

There has been widespread public anger against the hanging of Afzal Guru across Kashmir.
Parties say probe Afzal charges of a 'set-up''

Monday 18 February '13

MLA Engineer Rashid demanded Sunday that the Omar Abdullah government should constitute a commission to probe the role of J&K Police officers "in setting up Afzal Guru".
After Afzal hanging, J&K Police counselled its men to stay calm

Sunday 17 February '13

Senior police officers declined to speak on the matter on record.
After hanging, J&K Police counselled its men to stay calm, do job

Saturday 16 February '13

In the days after the hanging of Afzal Guru, the Jammu and Kashmir Police organized several daily durbars with the lower rungs of the force in order to "avoid any inside trouble", sources told The Sun...
Where new beginnings lead to dead ends

Friday 15 February '13

Delhi must first acknowledge that the hanging of Afzal Guru has touched off a pent up anger in Kashmir
Letter reaches, raises some questions

Tuesday 12 February '13

Misspells Afzal Guru''s name; human rights committee chief says would be 'glad to help family''
Afzal hanging may fuel 'sense of alienation': Omar

Monday 11 February '13

Says death row inmates 'leap-frogging over others''
Another Tihar hanging after 29 yrs, Valley faces uncertainty

Sunday 10 February '13

Afzal Guru''s hanging today comes at a crucial juncture of Kashmir''s history.
Vishwaroopam, an American story

Thursday 7 February '13

Kamal Haasan''s freedom to tell a story the way he wants must be respected. But there is a need to debate the responsibilities of the artist
In J&K, juvenile age is 16 yrs, but minors booked under PSA also

Sunday 3 February '13

Child rights activists have been unsuccessfully pressing for changes in the juvenile justice system.
When forces probed their own for rape

Friday 25 January '13

Verma panel wants criminal trial for armed forces men in rape cases.
'CRPF men fired on people injured and crying for help. I pretended to be dead''

Tuesday 22 January '13

After 1990 firing killed 51 in Srinagar and police shut case in 1998 without filing a chargesheet.
Memories of a Kashmir Winter

Sunday 20 January '13

My first memory of winter is of an early morning when I woke up and looked out of the window to see the branches of a pear tree in my grandmother''s orchard surrendering to the weight of snow.