Electorates in Pakistan have made a forceful point. The people have voted for manifesto and candidates whom they believed were worth representing them. For the first time in history, vote hasn’t been cast on sympathy basis. People, despite their limitations and personal political...
Pakistan’s Battle fo...
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Last week, tens of thousands of protestors descended into the heart of Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, demanding that the federal government make sweeping electoral reforms and then give way to an army and judiciary-endorsed caretaker government that would oversee general elections. The...
Pakistan: Of sieges ...
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The ground is shifting in Pakistan again. In a few weeks — if not days — the five-year-long experiment that has seen a fledgling democracy take root in a hitherto largely militaristic soil, could well be uprooted. In a carefully crafted bid to transplant a malleable caretaker government in...
Who will ace Zardaris’ ace?
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As Bilawal Bhutto Zardari steps up to the plate to take on a more active role, becoming the face of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on his mother Benazir’s fifth death anniversary at the family mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Buksh, Sindh, the populism that has been the hallmark of the PPP will be served up, heavily garnished with the dark story about his mother’s assassination. The finger-pointing and the blame — most probably at former Army Chief and President Pervez Musharraf for failing to provide adequate security and, therefore, being complicit — will no doubt be used to muster a sympathy wave that it is hoped would offset the negatives...