After Zia-ul-Haq’s regime, the horror of a back lash from Islamic militancy always threatened the development of Pakistan as a liberal and dynamic state. This apprehension often dictated Pakistan’s foreign policy more than any other external force and the foreign policy of others towards Pakistan. Whether its politicians, liberals, human rights activists or factions of [...]
A rare show of unanimity was witnessed when the 18th Amendment Bill was passed by the National Assembly with 292 votes. No doubt it is a great victory. It reflects the philosophy of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. The country is reaping the harvest of the policy of reconciliation. The 18th Amendment Bill would restore the [...]
Like Agusto Pinochet and American interference in chile, CIA, Ronald Regan General Zia Ul Haq and Afghan Jehadis played a dangerous game with the destiny of Pakistan.
Tariq Ali’s Book “The Leopard and the Fox- a Pakistani Tragedy” sheds light on role of Thatcher government and BBC in extending a lifeline to Brutal Dictator General Zia [...]
In my office hang photos of this writer with Pakistan’s last four leaders. Two of them - Zia ul Haq and Benazir Bhutto - were murdered. Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was ousted in a military coup led by photo number four, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who was deposed last year by Pakistan’s military.
Either leading Pakistan [...]
This was 14 August, our Independence day. Day passed hung between despair and hope—in tears and laughter, full of emotions and enthusiasm. I was thinking that Pakistan is an Ideological State. The theorist set forth the rules that in ideological states it is a system of beliefs or ideas which, operates through “ideological State apparatuses” [...]
If you are in Islamabad/Rawalpindi and have ever tried to purchase a property in any colony, it is quite highly unlikely that you haven’t come across the name of Malik Riaz, who was once a petty government employee, then a contractor and now a real estate tycoon in the twin cities and even beyond.
Whether it [...]
Pakistan’s history is the mumbo jumbo of the blunders made by the military dictators and the civilians autocrats. Every region has it’s strategic importance and if you are on the map of earth then you are strategically important. There is nothing weird or conspirational about it. Pakistan’s obsession with becoming the pivot for the region [...]
