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How can Pakistan end the military’s role in politics?

A conversation with Salman Rafi Sheikh on Pakistan's continued crises

| Feb 15, 2023

Pakistan needs to go beyond the 18th amendment to end the military’s role in politics

Reviving the 2010 reform process can be key to resolving Pakistan’s continued crises, but the reforms need to also target the military's massive business empire

| Jan 30, 2023

Politics and Pakistan’s new army chief

The appointment of General Asim Munir as the COAS is of greater political than institutional significance.

| Dec 13, 2022

No neutrality

The military’s neutral stance around Imran Khan’s ouster may be damage control.

| Jun 23, 2022

From Medina to Ayodhya

Physicist and public intellectual Pervez Hoodbhoy on religion and politics in Southasia.

| Jan 02, 2019

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