pakistan - Himal Southasian (Page 24)

The two Punjabs: Drifting apart?

People-to-people contacts between India and Pakistan will mean nothing if commerce does not pick up. An appreciation of Indo-Pakistani prospects requires looking at Punjab-Punjab.

By Hartosh Singh Bal

/ 1 Oct 2006

The only way forward

The killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti should be enough to tell the rest of Southasia and the world how Islamabad’s military rulers intend to maintain their grip on the resource-rich and long-suffering province of Balochistan.

By Shakeel Iman

/ 1 Oct 2006

Havana breakthrough

Manmohan Singh has effected a fundamental shift in India's Pakistan policy. From consistently viewing the entire Pakistani state as the perpetrator of terrorism, New Delhi has explicitly recognised

By The Editors

/ 1 Oct 2006

On the same side

In what has become an established tradition, at midnight on 14 August peace activists from India and Pakistan lit candles at Wagah as a mark of solidarity and a symbol

By The Editors

/ 1 Sep 2006

Pakistan and the ‘alliance maze’

The emerging Beijing-Islamabad strategic alliance is part of a crosscutting web of relationships along the northern coast of the Arabian Sea, whose complexity is enhanced by Chinese inroads into the Pakistani economy.

By Epsita Halder

/ 1 Sep 2006

A People’s Movement, now, for Pakistan

With Pervez Musharraf's legitimacy and support base crumbling, Pakistan's parties in the opposition plan a concerted attempt to restore democracy. A People's Movement is

By The Editors

/ 27 Jul 2006

In Lahore, waxing eloquent

I have been in numerous awkward, potentially perilous positions before. But this one beat them all. There I was: flat on my back, the marbled floor cold against my skin,

By Rinku Dutta

/ 3 Jul 2006

Missing Daughters of Punjab

The declining ratio of girls to boys born in the two Punjabs points to a heart-rending problem which few want to discuss. It is not a matter of education, it is not a matter of poverty, it is not a matter of religion. What is going on here?

By Astri Ghosh

/ 2 Jul 2006

The economics of accomodation

The fate of India-Pakistan economic ties seems pegged to the fluctuating peace process between the two. But the normalisation of bilateral economic relations is inevitable, and will have far-reaching and unforeseen implications.

By Haris Gazdar

/ 1 Jul 2006

MAASHUQ and RAQEEB

The politics, love and life of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

By Irfan Ahmad

/ 1 May 2006

Flashpoint Balochistan

Balochistan comprises 347,188 sq km, larger than the combined areas of Punjab and Sindh provinces, and constituting about 44 percent of Pakistan's total landmass. For many passive

By Suhas Chakma

/ 31 Mar 2006

In the name of security

AFSPA, PTA, TADO, ATA: how security laws categorise citizens in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

By Kaushiki Rao

/ 23 Mar 2006