Zia’s long shadow
Of all the political legacies in the country’s relatively short history, Gen Muhammad Zia ul Haq’s would be the most enduring, toxic and tamper-proof. For evidence, look no further than…
Of all the political legacies in the country’s relatively short history, Gen Muhammad Zia ul Haq’s would be the most enduring, toxic and tamper-proof. For evidence, look no further than…
Proprietors of media houses dabbling in politics have a long history in South Asia. The power and propaganda nexus is nothing new. What is somewhat different is the mushrooming of…
“Human beings make their own history. They do not do it in circumstances of their own choosing. Their actions are framed by the economic, social and political structures of their…
"Tell me what should be done with the Afghan war?" President Obama opened the full NSC session by asking everyone present for his views. Wars are like that. Easier to…
It is an irony of history that international interest in Afghanistan has nearly always been driven by great strategic contests amongst predatory outside powers. As ignorant armies motivated by belligerent…
No other country in the region barring Afghanistan is beset with such serious crises. Please mark the emphasis on the deliberate use of a plural here. Agreed that this country…
I am surprised to read the PML-N’s defence of the failed economic policies of George W Bush, advocating their implementation in Pakistan. Zubair Mohmmad in his article titled ‘Bushonomics and…
In one respect, the epoch that ended with the birth of two nations on August 14-15, 1947, in South Asia, was the most remarkable in Indian history. It had produced…
When the history of our benighted times comes to be written, it will be noted that the Iftikhar Chaudhry Supreme Court was the one institution which served the nation most…
This is that time of the year when endings come together with beginnings. But some prophesied endings have failed to turn up. The Mayan apocalypse was not to be and…