Pakistan

“No Ball” of Imran”

Author: Iqbal Tareen, Virginia, USA August 27, 2014 “No Ball” of Imran” Peoples of Pakistan and friends of freedoms and democracy are closely watching the twin tides of “Freedom and Revolution Marches”, which have now transitioned into an apparent clash between the Government of Mian Nawaz Sharif and the two […]

Pakistan: Meet Mian M. Mansha, country’s richest man $2.6 billion

Report from LONDON POST Pakistani Ruler’s conflicting National and Business interests  By Sabena Siddiqi The Sharif’s business interests in India have resulted in extra-ordinary negative repercussions for Pakistan’s security. Businessmen close to them are also pursuing Indian businesses with gusto not caring about fair or foul. There are various business ventures […]

Pakistani Ruler’s conflicting National and Business interests

Pakistani Ruler’s conflicting National and Business interests  By Sabena Siddiqi The Sharif’s business interests in India have resulted in extra-ordinary negative repercussions for Pakistan’s security. Businessmen close to them are also pursuing Indian businesses with gusto not caring about fair or foul. There are various business ventures being initiated by PML-N, […]

Pakistan Exploits ‘Failed State’ Image, Says U.S. Scholar

Christine Fair, a security affairs professor at Washington’s Georgetown University, has written extensively on Pakistan’s powerful army. Her new book, “Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War,” analyzes the ideological culture of the country’s security establishment. In an interview with RFE/RL correspondent Malali Bashir, Fair said Pakistan’s […]

Is There a Crisis in Pakistan?

The Diplomat: by Hamza Mannan — Pakistan’s last election brought Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to power with a sweeping mandate. That was supposed to consolidate the democratic process for the country. This was the first time one civilian government had passed power onto another democratically elected government. The oft-repeated claim […]

Creating a new Medina?

If the demand for Pakistan was firm and etched in stone, acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan indicated a clear and equally irrevocable departure from it Last week, The Hindu carried an excerpt from a book by Assistant Professor Venkat Dhulipala of a US university provocatively titled Creating a New […]