The good Sharif

While Nawaz Sharif's stand is very correct, he does gain in more than one way if the judiciary is restored. 

The legacy of Benazir Bhutto

"It is wisely said that when a group of people ask questions of others it is called an investigation but when the people start asking questions of themselves it is called self-examination. The time for that may have arrived."

Where did the Aid go?

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After the United States has spent more than $5 billion in a largely failed effort to bolster the Pakistani military effort against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, some American officials now acknowledge that there were too few controls over the money. The...

Pakistan’s Detainees

" They cannot understand the deafening silence by the United States government when it comes to pressuring President Musharraf to restore the fired judges and insisting on an independent judiciary. Pakistan’s secret detention program is coming to light because the...

Pakistan’s Tyranny Continues

"People in the United States wonder why extremist militants in Pakistan are winning. What they should ask is why does President Musharraf have so little respect for civil society — and why does he essentially have the backing of American officials? "

Weakening Pakistan

"Any hope that he was nudging the country toward a genuine democracy was quashed when he also moved to exempt his own most controversial actions from any court challenges. That means his highly questionable election to a new five-year term will stand, as will his dismissal of...

Pakistan quietly frees 100 terrorism suspects

" The intervention of the Supreme Court under Chaudhry was undoubtedly exposing the system of secret detentions. He had first taken up the cases of the missing in 2006, demanding that the government trace the detainees and account for them. His steady requests for...

The Smart Cars of Tomorrow

" But cars, unlike humans, will keep getting smarter. They will learn from their mistakes. They will not get distracted by cellphone calls. They will not drive drunk. Smart cars will never be infallible, but they don’t have to be. They just have to be better than the...

Sharif banned from Pakistan poll

"His exclusion from the vote will be seen by the opposition as the result of pressure on election officials by President Musharraf to block the old rival he ousted. Critics say Musharraf has sway over voting officials."

Calculating the Risks in Pakistan

" The secret exercise -- conducted without official sponsorship from any government agency, apparently due to the sensitivity of its subject -- was one of several such games the U.S. government has conducted in recent years examining various options and scenarios for...

Chowk: Identity Politics Culture and Religion of India Pakistan

"the Raj nevertheless presided over the destruction of Indian political, cultural and artistic self-confidence, while the economic figures speak for themselves: in 1600 when the East India Company was founded Britain was generating 1.8% of the world’s GDP, while India was...

Bush handed blueprint to seize Pakistan's nuclear arsenal

" The political and security crises there have led the Bush administration to conclude that Pakistan has become a more dangerous place than it was before Musharraf took over in the coup of October 1999."

Lawyer Says Pakistan Heading Toward ‘Rigged’ Vote

"“No matter how many observers you send, the elections will still be rigged and we will have what Pakistan has been going through for the past 55 years,” said Mr. Akhtar, a partner in the Islamabad branch of the London law firm Amhurst Brown Colombotti, as he and the...

Musharraf Defends Actions After Taking Oath

" “There is an unrealistic or even impractical obsession with your form of democracy, human rights and civil liberties, which you have taken centuries to acquire and which you expect us to adopt in a few years, in a few months,” he said, addressing the diplomats. “We...