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Pakistan is Turning to No. 10 – Guardian UK
Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark are the authors of Deception: Pakistan, the United States and the Global Nuclear Weapons Conspiracy. After claiming to have spent nine years nurturing democracy in Pakistan and festooning the country’s military dictatorship with $11bn in aid, the Bush administration’s policy is careering out of control, as US soldiers trade bullets with [...]
Is it Time to Eat Grass (Part II) – Samson Simon Sharaf
The army is now called a state within a state, supporter of nuclear proliferation, permeated by fundamentalists and militants in its ranks and file and an institution that pursues big business rather than focus on its primary mission. Despite suffering over 1,500 dead (the highest figure for any army) in this war, it is still [...]
Is it Time to Eat Grass? (Part I) – Samson Simon Sharaf
In my study on the nature of conflict in FATA and Afghanistan, I have sifted through numerous research papers and studies of US think tanks like Carnegie, RAND, the Council of Foreign Relations and Heritage. Some names like Ashley Tellis, Richard Haas and Lisa Curtis are familiar and well known. Others, though known but not [...]
Hard Times – Chris Cork
Oddly, it is the price of eggs that seems to stick in my mind every week. Last week they were 55 rupees a dozen, this week they are 58. As I ride a bike and do not drive a car I am less observant of the price of fuel than I am of eggs, but [...]
Who Owns Karachi? – Bina Shah
I like our city nazim Mr Mustafa Kamal’s ‘can do’ spirit with regard to his belief that it’s up to the citizens of Karachi to take responsibility for the upkeep and civic health of this city. Forward-thinking and progressive, the nazim has created a website for the project which boasts the tagline ‘My City — [...]
The New President and The Future of Democracy – Ayesha Ijaz Khan
In November last year, as I tried to rally support for our pro-judiciary demonstration outside the Pakistani High Commission in London, one of my friends, who runs a threading salon and is least interested in politics, cynically asked me, “What are you trying to do? Make Asif Zardari president?” She asked the question in ignorance [...]
Whither Sovereignty? – Yousuf Nazar
The first-ever ground military attack on Pakistan’s soil by the US-led troops on Sept 3 provoked strong condemnation and outrage in Pakistan. Now the cat is out of the bag. The New York Times said the raids were authorised by President Bush “without the approval of the Pakistani government.” The Chairman of the US Joint [...]
Peril – Humayun Gauhar
My dear Ali: You have been bombarding me with questions about the US and NATO attack on us. Look, son, they attacked us a long time ago. The only difference is that now they have escalated and exacerbated the situation by actually putting boots on our soil. Given Admiral Mullen’s remorseless statement, its entirely possible [...]
Time To Stand Up – Sayeed GB Shah Bokhari
One practical lesson that I have learnt after participating in the 1965 Indo-Pak war is that the moral backing of the nation adds tremendously to the fighting prowess of the armed forces. Today the country is undergoing a serious state of war. It is another thing that the entire nation is not convinced about it [...]
The People vs Ex-Pats, Aunties and Urbanites – Mosharraf Zaidi
If a functional democracy that produces popular and electorally legitimate government is too much for Pakistan’s uber-smart expat and urban elite, then they had better close their eyes. They ain’t seen nothing yet. When the PPP is done with the national exchequer things will seem a lot more like 1996 than they have since 1996. [...]
Making a Joke of Democracy – Anjum Niaz
The writer is a freelance journalist with over twenty years of experience in national and international reporting. Here’s the unmentionable truth: if today Pakistan had an independent judiciary, Asif Ali Zardari may not have been the president. The 107 legislators who voted for him in the NWFP assembly would have faced disqualification for breaking the [...]
The Hope Express
The Hope Express is a great initiative for the citizens of Pakistan. Started by a group of people that are passionate about saving Pakistan, The Hope Express will be pulling into your city soon. There currently is no website to gather additional information, but you can stay tuned to this blog or email us at [...]
Loose Ends and Ankahi
Faisal Qureshi is an anchor on a TV show on Samaa – his show, Ankahi, discusses topics of social awareness and civic responsibility. ‘Loose Ends Pakistan’ was a show he anchored on another channel, similar to Ankahi, but with larger groups of people at a time. This evening, he had Samina Peerzada (respected filmmaker in [...]