Pakistan's decades-long, on-again, off-again relationship with democracy has been marred by both internal and external factors. Over the past three decades, Pakistan has held six
The nightly broadcasts of Pakistan's public network television channel, Pakistan Television (PTV), towards the end of April were dedicated to the standoff between the government and the opposition
The reciprocated expulsions of Indian and Pakistani diplomats from each other´s capitals in February followed months of key political developments in both countries. Pakistan has returned to some form
The recent formation of a government in Sindh involved hectic manipulations by Islamabad and low connivance at the provincial level. Out of the ensuing muddle of volatile and unstable alliances emerged a 31-year-old chief minister with little clout, a 38-year-old governor who just returned to Pakist
2002 ended much like it began, with talk of war, possibly war involving nuclear weapons, hanging over the Subcontinent like a thick, blinding fog. Addressing an air force veterans rally
Calling on Pakistanis to take a stand, now.
It is interesting how human beings are willing to ignore the obvious because of the way the obvious is portrayed. International media
GEORGE W Bush is no longer friends with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder ever since the latter, who has just been narrowly re-elected, had the gall to oppose military action
Propagandistic and slow-moving PTV has long represented Pakistan's face to the world even as the Hindi satellite channels carve out a Subcontinent-wide footprint for themselves. Some
Pakistan's manufacturing sector reels from a multitude of external and self-inflicted setbacks. Cotton, textiles, ghee, automobiles, sugar, cement, fertiliser…
The performance of Pakistan's corporate manufacturing
The expansion of the 1970s and 1980s concealed the structural weaknesses of the Pakistani political economy, which are responsible for today's stagnation in growth and the payments crisis.
