Realpolitik strikes again on September 16, 2019Pakistanis have been extremely shocked by the UAE’s awarding the Indian Prime Minister Naraendra Modi the country’s highest civilian honour. Bad enough in itself, given Modi’s association with Hindutva and its anti-Muslim agenda, its timing seems to be in particularly bad taste, given the reign of terror he has unleashed in the Kashmir valley. Other […]
Pakistans search for identity on May 14, 2013The military domination of Pakistan’s body politic and the country’s tortuous, yet close relationship with the United States have been the subjects of many a book, but it is the first time that both have been comprehensively dealt with in one volume. Professor Ishtiaq Ahmed is pre-eminently qualified for the task, and he has, for […]
Bad karma? on May 14, 2013If a student of Political Science were to measure the standing of the Pakistan People’s Party today on a scale of A to Z, with Z being the highest point and A the lowest, would he place the party anywhere but at point A? A representing the party once represented by Z. From Z, Zulfikar […]