The writer is a political analyst and a former academic.
An evaluation of the years from 2008 to 2014 That the PPP government completed its five-year tenure was by itself an achievement of sorts, for no elected government in Pakistan had<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/04/19/challenges-to-democracy/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Why do Afghans look at Pakistan with suspicion and distrust? The right wing groups in Pakistan look at Afghan-India relations as a conspiracy against the country. They maintain that the nexus has<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/03/02/the-afghan-india-nexus/" title="Read more" >...</a>
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After the attack in North Waziristan Aziz-ud-Din Ahmad ‘The only thing harder than putting a new idea into the military mind is getting an old idea out of it’. –B.H.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/01/25/strategic-misconceptions/" title="Read more" >...</a>
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Calling the superpower bluff is a high stakes dream with many enemiesPakistan has high stakes in the pipeline bringing gas from Iran. There are however serious hurdles in the way of its becoming fun
The electoral machinery is still on a learning curve… The talks about the caretaker setup between the government and opposition have been postponed till after Eid. In case the PPP and PML-N<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/08/17/on-the-caretaker-setup/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Too big for their robes?The Supreme Court has shown a novel way to remove the Prime Minister in a parliamentary democracy hitherto not recognised by the textbooks on political science. One was made
As always, too little too lateRehman Malik has announced the withdrawal of cases against the Baloch militant leaders driven to the mountains or forced into exile by what they call the brutality of
Keeping calm and carrying on?PM Gilani’s appearance in the Supreme Court brought to light a number of important trends. First and foremost, the appearance indicates that that the government has
They run the show still…That the armed forces and the ISI constitute a state within a state is no secret. That they intend to remain so has also been made abundantly clear by them during the pas
