A Sympathetic Listener
Religion is a major topic at talkfests these days, and the recent Sydney Writers’ Festival…More
Tagged: pakistan
Why Did Pakistan Help Capture Baradar?
In what appears to be a major shift in the war against the Taliban, a…More
Who Is Behind The Violence In Pakistan?
Pakistan is enduring the most brutal spate of political violence since the Punjab-dominated Army was…More
Should He Stay Or Should He Go?
"Unlike Vietnam, we are not facing a broad-based popular insurgency." Those were President Obama’s confident…More
Make No Mistake, Pakistan Is At War
Pakistan’s once sleepy capital Islamabad has been transformed into something of a fortress, with checkpoints,…More
A Humanist In Islamabad
For three decades Pervez Hoodbhoy, professor of Physics at Qaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad, has been…More
Is The Misery Ending Or Just Beginning?
There was a time not so long ago when the violence emanating from Pakistan had…More
Why We Need To Understand Pakistan
I am sitting on a Lahore bound bus at Wagah, the border crossing point of…More
The Dark Side Of Liberation
For the past three months, Pakistan’s Army has won praise at home and abroad for…More
A Generation Lost To War
Darra Adam Khel, just south of Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan,…More