Moving beyond Jinnahs Pakistan on August 29, 2011Pakistan just celebrated its 64th Independence Day. As usual the day was marked with promises to make Pakistan the greatest nation (and country) the world has ever witnessed. It is ironic that nobody paused for a second to reflect that the country is, at present, struggling to be even a mediocre one. I guess birthdays […]
Why the military is the problem in Pakistan on July 20, 2011The series of events that unfolded in Pakistan since the Raymond Davis incident in Lahore have probably only one upside. In recent memory, the past few months have been the only time in the country when the army’s role as an institution has been questioned by mainstream media. In some ways this is not a […]
Of wedges and gulfs on June 14, 2011The 139th Corps Commanders Conference (held at the GHQ on June 9, 2011), like many other such conferences in the past 6-7 years, reiterated the resolve of the armed forces, particularly the army, to fight religious militancy. It placed all the security agencies on the same footing when it comes to fighting the menace. This […]
Challenging the militarys hegemony on June 3, 2011On May 1/2, 2011 — depending on where you were in the world at that time! — Pakistanis were once again betrayed. Like many other instances in our short history, this betrayal came again at the hands of our beloved military. The betrayal here is not the fact that a raid by American Navy SEALs […]