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Ali: The Harbingers of Doom
Znet Article, July, 07 2008
Mahir Ali
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THERE’S plenty of irony, intended or otherwise, in the fact that the terrorist attack that claimed at least a dozen lives in Islamabad last Sunday targeted policemen who had been deployed to guard a conference marking the first anniversary of the ...
Hoodbhoy: Anti-Americanism & Taliban
Commentary, July, 02 2008
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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THE recent killing of eleven Pakistani soldiers at Gora Prai by American and Nato forces across the border in Afghanistan unleashed an amazing storm.
Ali: Pakistan’s Neighbourhood Bully
Znet Article, June, 23 2008
Mahir Ali
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The likelihood is minuscule, but what if Hamid Karzai were indeed to follow up his threat of military operations on Pakistani territory with some sort of action? The Afghan president has argued over the years - particularly since 2006, when a surg...
Bidwai: South Asia Courts Nuclear Insecurity
Znet Article, June, 08 2008
Praful Bidwai
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Instead of abandoning nuclear weapons, India is trying to have them legitimised through the US nuclear deal.
Hussain: NATO, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Znet Article, June, 07 2008
Faheem Hussain
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What is NATO doing in Afghanistan? What are the true aims of NATO intervention in the region? These are the questions that I mean to address in this article. To understand what is happening in Afghanistan one has to go back to the attack on Yugosl...
Hoodbhoy: Ten Years Later
Commentary, May, 30 2008
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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It’s May 1998 and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif congratulates wildly cheering citizens as the Chagai mountain trembles and goes white from multiple nuclear explosions. He declares that Pakistan is now safe and sound forever. Bomb makers become natio...
Ali: Asif Zardari’s injudicious vacillation
Znet Article, April, 28 2008
Mahir Ali
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MOMENTS after his unanimous election as Pakistan's prime minister last month, Yusuf Raza Gilani said in parliament that he was ordering the release of all incarcerated judges. The announcement produced dramatic results almost immediately. It seeme...
Lendman: Our Man in Islamabad
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
Stephen Lendman
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The Islamic Republic of Pakistan was established in August, 1947 when its majority Muslim population separated from British-controlled India and became a sovereign state. Since then, the country has been plagued by wars, political instability, and...
Tariq: Pakistan: A View From the Pakistani Left
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
Farooq Tariq
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In recent days, the already tenuous political situation in Pakistan has made a turn toward the worse. Musharraf’s government clamped down first on the judiciary and other opponents in the government in the first days after his declaration of mart...
Mian: Rule of Force vs. Rule of Law in Pakistan
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
Zia Mian
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In a desperate bid to stay in power, General Pervez Musharraf has staged a coup against the rule of law in Pakistan. His declaration of martial law, suspension of the constitution and basic rights was aimed at overthrowing Pakistan's Supreme Court...
Ali: Pakistan’s Travails
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
Mahir Ali
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TWO days after General Pervez Musharraf promulgated the emergency, rumours of a coup were rife across Pakistan. At least one observer saw the irony of it all. “It is a testament to the woeful state of the Pakistani political imagination,” wrote Ti...
Schell: Are You With Us... or Against Us?
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
Jonathan Schell
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The journey to the martial law just imposed on Pakistan by its self-appointed president, the dictator Pervez Musharraf, began in Washington on September 11, 2001. On that day, it so happened, Pakistan's intelligence chief, Lt. General Mahmood Ahme...
Zunes: Pakistan's Dictatorships and the United States
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
Stephen Zunes
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In his 2005 inaugural address, President George W. Bush declared that the United States would support democratic movements around the world and work to end tyranny. Furthermore, he pledged to those struggling for freedom that the United States wou...
Palast: Hillary's Musharraf
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
Greg Palast
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He was the other man in Hillary's life. But it's over now. Or is it?
Hoodbhoy: Pakistan's problems start at the top
Znet Article, April, 26 2008
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Gen. Pervez Musharraf seized power in Pakistan eight years ago, claiming that the army had to step in to save the country from corrupt and incompetent politicians. Since then, he has run both the army and the government himself, with the connivanc...
Cohn: Musharraf Plays Bush for a Fool
Znet Article, April, 25 2008
Marjorie Cohn
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Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency on November 3rd after the Pakistani Supreme Court indicated it would overturn the results of an illegitimate election that would have extended Musharraf's term as presiden...
Tatchell: Baluchistan leader on terror charges in London
Znet Article, April, 24 2008
Peter Tatchell
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A former Baluch Government Minister is to stand trial on terror charges in the UK, amid claims of British government collusion with the Pakistani dictator, Pervez Musharraf
Hoodbhoy: Where Billions Vanish
Commentary, April, 20 2008
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, aided by his trusted lieutenant and chairman of the Higher Education Commission, Dr Atta-ur-Rahman, lays claim to a 'revolutionary programme' that has reversed the decades-old decline of Pakistan's universities.
Alam: The Dauntless Sisters of Pakistan
Znet Article, April, 18 2008
Muhammad badar Alam
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Elections in Pakistan produce more slogans than solutions. The parliamentary polls held on February 18, 2008, are no different. One of the leading slogans raised in the wake of this election was the restoration of the Supreme Court judges sacked a...
Engelhardt: Blowing Them Away Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry
Znet Article, March, 16 2008
Tom Engelhardt
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Imagine, for a moment, that you live in a small town somewhere near the Southern California coast. You're going about your daily life, trying to scrape by in hard times, when the missile hits. It might have come from the Iranian unmanned aerial ve...
