pakistan - Himal Southasian (Page 42)

Will the state wither away?

Human history is replete with examples of ruling classes that went on the destructive course and are not traceable now in the graveyard of history. The discussion on failing states

By Manzur Ejaz

/ 1 Mar 1997

Monitoring the Monitors

For the last few years, every general election in a South Asian country has seen a group of individuals from the region fly off to monitor the polls. The South

By Sasanka Perera

/ 1 Mar 1997

Far Side of the Range

Wonders of the Karakorum by Pervez A. Khan Ferozsons, Rawalpindi, 1996 160 pages, 87 colour plates, 2 maps While climbing in the Siachen Glacier, in the eastern Karakoram, I have

By Harish Kapadia

/ 1 Mar 1997

Care Takers

Democratic decay in most countries in South Asia has suddenly made it fashionable once more to say some pretty (politically) incorrect things in public. Things like: maybe things were better

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 1997

Condemned to Repeat History

In every case, selfstyled prophets of change in Pakistan have failed to deliver on their promises. In the wee hours of the night of 5 November 1996, Pakistan´s President

By Add Najarn

/ 1 Jan 1997

Primordial parting

The Indus Saga and the Making of Pakistan by Aitzaz Ahsan Oxford University Press, Karachi, 1996 413 pages

By The Editors

/ 1 Sep 1996

The Military In Pakistan Image and Reality

The image of the Pakistan army existed before the image of Pakistan, because the army existed before the country came into being. The charisma developed during Partition when the people

By K.Ahmed

/ 1 Aug 1996

ONE NATION, TWO DISCOURSES

If you read only Urdu in Pakistan; you are expected to possess a world-view distinct from someone who reads only English. Urdu carries more domestic news and concentrates more

By K.Ahmed

/ 1 Aug 1996

BOMBS IN PUNJAB

The mysterious bomb blasts that have been rocking Pakistan´s most populous province of the Punjab over the last few months are cause for great concern. The terrorists have so

By The Editors

/ 1 Aug 1996

Dead on Arrival

Testing Times: The Global Stake in a Nuclear Test Ban by Praful Bidwai and Achin Vanaik Dag Hammarskjold Foundation Uppsala, Sweden, 1996

By T.T.Paulose

/ 1 Jul 1996

Pakistan has the dubious distinction of being the world´s second-most corrupt nation, after Nigeria, according to the findings of the Berlin-based non¬governmental organisation Transparency International (TI)

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1996

In Pakistan, the Social Clause is Finally an Issue

Whenever Pakistani NGO people have a chance to mingle with fellow Subcontinental, one question always comes up. Why are Pakistani NGOs so passive and mute about the effects of International

By Farjad Nabi

/ 1 Jun 1996