Rare BBC interview of young Benazir Bhutto after her father’s hanging

Rare BBC interview of (young) Benazir Bhutto after her father’s hanging. – circa 1984 #video #history #Pakistan…

Political Princes: Struggles of Rahul Gandhi and Bilawal Bhutto

Two days ago, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, scion of the legendary Bhuttos, celebrated his 27th birthday. His party workers also known as jiyalas (the impassioned…

Trial and errors of Musharraf: Trying a former army chief marks the beginning of a new chapter in Pakistan

Here’s something I wrote on Musharraf for The Economic Times Pakistan’s former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf has been indicted by court in…

Pakistan: Will the Court punish officials who violated their oath?

“We cannot have an army or intelligence agencies that constantly destabilise governments. We cannot have rogue elements incessantly violating their oath and plunging the…

Institutions, accountability and the UN Report

The Pakistani citizenry has a right to know and live in a rule-based, just society where political assassinations are not the norm. If the…

October 18: Attack on Benazir Bhutto’s rally at Karsaz, Karachi (From the archives)

Despite the Tragedy, Extremism Will be Fought by Pakistanis Published October 20, 2007 (blogcritics) 180 are dead and more than 500 injured in Karachi…