Pakistan has forever been a crises state with Allah, Army and America calling the shots in its state of affairs. With Tahir-ul-Qadri taking the centre stage this week calling for the dismissal of the civilian regime, Utpal Kumar analyses why Islamabad always finds itself in such a mess He...

The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in London. FROM a base in converted shipping container, placed on Islamabad’s main thoroughfare, Tahir ul Qadri, a populist cleric who has been...

As an ordinary citizen you cannot think of giving an ultimatum to a Government, that too a democratically elected civilian one. It can be the order of the day for some nations if their Army gives the ruling politicians final word on how business should be run. But, never can that order be...

Every time the world’s attention turns to Pakistan, it seems like another wheel has fallen off the bus. The country is seeing a new wave of suicide bombings and Taliban threats, while new tensions with neighboring India have arisen once again over Kashmir. Last week brought some of Pakistan’s...

Pakistan’s civilian leaders fight back after a battering by a populist cleric, courts and, behind it all, the army JUST before setting off for their “long march” to Islamabad, on January 13th, supporters of Tahir ul Qadri, a populist cleric who has burst onto Pakistan’s political scene, cut...