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Beyond Bhutto: Pakistan Two Weeks After the Assassination
Pakistan has moved forward in the two weeks since the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, but toward what exactly remains unclear. The country has displayed a capacity to sustain high-levels of violence, but with economic pressures and social divisions rising, one wonders what is the tipping point.
Musharraf Hangs in the Balance
Stuck in a gray zone, […]
Opinion: Pakistan after Bhutto
My opinion piece, issued by Project Syndicate, has been picked up by a number of publications, including Pakistan’s Daily Times, Lebanon’s Daily Star, Miami Herald, the Scotsman, the San Diego Union-Tribune, and The Guardian’s Comment is Free.
Pakistan after Bhutto
By Arif Rafiq
With the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan’s state of turmoil has reached […]
Obama ambitions over Pakistan
ABC News’ Teddy Davis Reports: For the second presidential debate in a row, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., came under fire for an Aug. 1 speech in which he said he would go after high-value Al Qaeda targets in Pakistan if the country’s president was not willing to act.
Watch the video HERE.
“You can think big but […]
Bhutto’s sister-in-law wants Bilawal to join her party
“I don’t know what would be left of the other party. And if he sees I’m making a party here for everybody to work with… to deliver this legacy to the people, he might like it”
AFTER years of discord in Pakistan’s top political dynasty, Benazir Bhutto’s sister-in-law has stoked up the family feud by […]
Pakistan braces for second wave of violence
“There is a two-fold threat in NWFP where sectarian tension as well as the militant threat exists”
Reuters ISLAMABAD - Plagued by mounting attacks by Islamist militants loyal to al Qaeda, Pakistan now faces a second wave of violence as its minority Shi’ite Muslims prepare for their annual mourning period. via ABS-CBN News
Original Post […]
Reports hint at possible plots in Bhutto’s death
“Providing clarity regarding ‘The precise cause of Ms. Bhutto’s death”
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan | Two new reports on the assassination last month of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto suggest that the killing may have been an ambitious plot rather than an isolated act of violence and that the government of President Pervez Musharraf knows far more […]
Remembering the Dream…
by Yasser Latif Hamdani
Pakistan is mourning. It is not just Benazir Bhutto but the dream of Pakistan itself that is in pieces.Pakistan was envisaged as a modern democratic homeland for the Muslim minority of British India as a last resort by Pakistan’s founding father Mahomed Ali Jinnah, who had fought for it to ensure the […]
Commentary: Dynasties, democracy and dictatorship
By Ali Dayan Hasan
Honoring Benazir Bhutto’s last wishes, her Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) today named her teenage son Bilawal, and her husband, Asif Zardari as its leaders.
Amid weeping supporters chanting Bhutto Zinda Hai (Bhutto Lives), Bilawal Zardari publicly added Bhutto to his name and assumed the position held until her death on December 27 by […]
Benazir’s sacrifice may yet save Pakistan
by Hassan Abbas
Pakistan is reeling in the aftermath of Benazir Bhutto’s murder, as anger and overwhelming sadness drive its people towards hopelessness and violence. In the midst of all this, the government is foolishly trying to distort the facts surrounding Bhutto’s killing by trying to shift the blame from its own incompetence and possible involvement. […]
Mohsin Hamid on Events in Pakistan
Mohsin Hamid’s latest op-ed is pretty good. Recommended reading for anyone who wants to know how things looked/look from the perspective of the every day life in Pakistan. You can read it here, on the Washington Post site.
I attended a talk by him at Stanford last year, and my first reaction was that what he […]
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