That Peculiar Feeling Of Falling Out Of Love

Many will try to find imaginary faults in the partner; saner individuals will introspect into their own minds. It is scary and confusing, but the at the back of the mind they know it is happening.

Overcoming Learned Helplessness and Apathy

The shackles of “learned helplessness� can only be broken if all the political parties and intelligentsia join hands to restore rule of democracy and the independence of judiciary.

Political Quandary in Pakistan

You can install a political government by popular vote but there are no effective checks and balances to keep it on the straight, narrow and workable path.

Musharraf’s Coup - Seven Years Later

Some had feared – while others had hoped – that General Pervez Musharraf’s coup of October 12, 1999, would bring the revolution of Kemal Ataturk to a Pakistan firmly in the iron grip of mullahs.

Guess who is staying for a Thai dinner?

Since 1992, after widespread protests, democratic rule was established and it seemed that the time has come for liberal democracy to come into play in this idyllic South-East Asian country. But on September 19th 2006, the military came back and is now ru

Dislodging a Dictator

Why Benazir Bhutto is Pakistan’s best hope!

Doctors or the Disease

Analysis of the khaki-clad messiahs of Pakistan

A Stable Political Order in Post-War Iraq?

A new political order in Iraq is likely to be strife-ridden

The Great Game for Central Asian Oil

The Imperialist Ring from Yugoslavia to Afghanistan

A Work In Progress

Jinnah put Pakistan in such a location that the future state would always be involved in the geo-politics of world

The Unmaking Of Gujrat

The key players in these elections and therefore Indian polity seem like characters in a drama of the absurd.

Democracy is Like Virginity

The Day Of All Days

Pakistan will re-take its first fledging steps towards democracy

Empty Vessels And All That Jazz

do you think he is up to task to rid us of feudals next?

A Reason For Change

What is really interesting about Marianne Pearl’s interview with CNN is not what she said

Muslims and The West After 11th September

America has exacted blood revenge for the Twin Towers

Whither Democracy?

Musharraf appears to have killed two birds with one stone

The Quest for Power

It took General Zia 14 months after the July 1977 coup to assume the Presidency, while General Musharraf waited 20 months to do the same

The People’s Initiative

Exposure to ordinary people serves as a powerful perception changer ...

When Pakistan Defeated Herself...

there was no way for it [India] to convincingly prove that Pakistan indeed harbored territorial ambitions on i-Kashmir

Boundaries or Bridges?

We didn’t find the Pakistan we were looking for

Again, Desperate Times

On seizing power, both Ayub Khan and Pervez Musharraf claimed to have a clear mission

Farce

I think I’ll smoke anyway

Compilation of Opinions on the Military Takeover in Pakistan

Peoples opinions and reactions

Compilation of Articles on the Military Takeover in Pakistan

Views and reviews on the recent events in Pakistan

Pakistan Alert: Revolution in the Making?

Perhaps, this will be the beginning of the World War III

Diary of a Coup

A coup d’etat had taken place and everything was going on as if nothing had happened?

Masala Democracy

Only in South Asia would a masala mix of militancy, neglect of the masses, and elite politics pass for democracy

Why An Interim Civilian Government will Fail

Putting up a front government will achieve simply nothing

A State of Confusion

Will Pakistan benefit from a change of government?

A Road To Siachen

An analysis of the Pakistani military thought and its interests in the present crisis

The Gentleman Must Go

Crisis in the shadows of power: Is Pakistan entering an institutional crisis acknowledging Nawaz Sharif’s imperial designs?

Human Rights Groups Slam Sharif

Women are often the first victims of such moves

Onwards to the Nuclear Abyss

India, Pakistan and the March of Folly