Bhuttoism – By Dr. Farid A. Malik: By DR FARID A. MALIK September 12, 2008 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) emerged on the political horizon as a member of the Iskander Mirza cabinet. Since then there was no looking back. He was young and charismatic. After the
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto slaps General Zia and Ziaists from his grave – by Hasan Nisar: …. Tariq Ali’s interview on General Zia and Bhutto (BBC Urdu) Part 1: Part 2: Source: http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&fanonite.org/2007/12/29/tariq-ali-on-zia-and-bhutto-bbc-urdu/ Tariq Ali is speaking about his play, The Leopard and the Fox commissioned initially by the BBC. The play dealt with the
A great victory, a perilous task – Tanvir Ahmad Khan: Tanvir Ahmad Khan The questions of provincial autonomy, relations between the presidency and parliament, the right balance between the powers of the president and the prime minister and the fullest possible rehabilitation of the judiciary will have to be
President Zardari and media obsessions: On Tuesday, at the press conference following his swearing-in, President Asif Ali Zardari set the tone by saying: “The president will only carry forward the brief of the government and bow before the parliament; the president will be subservient
The politics of values – by Adrian A Husain: By Adrian A Husain POWER can at times appear shamanistic. It is able to steal into hearts, subtly persuade and, with devastating logic, finally prevail. The political adroitness of Asif Ali Zardari, the new president-elect of the country, has
A non-defence of Zardari – by Dr Meekal Aziz Ahmed: Editor’s note: I am cross-posting below an excellent article by Dr Meekal Aziz (published in The News) in which he states that the usual Zardari-bashing is getting rather tiresome and boring. We “need to move on” to build a tolerant,