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[30 Jan 2010 | One Comment | Nadir Hassan]
A Confederacy of Crooks?

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s NRO decision, it should be remembered that corruption transcends party affiliation.

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[12 Mar 2008 | No Comment | Talat Hussain]
Reality Bites

Mistaken advice, predicated by wishful thinking, led Musharraf to believe the PML-Q would win the elections. The results have come as a rude awakening.

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[12 Mar 2008 | No Comment | Aoun Abbas Sahi]
The Dark Horse

The sweeping victory of the PML-N in the Punjab provincial elections has taken everyone by surprise. But only the coming months will reveal what challenges lie ahead for the party.

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[14 Jul 2007 | No Comment | Massoud Ansari]
Fight to the Finish

After a gripping eight-day siege, security forces manage to take control of Lal Masjid. But amongst the rubble, extremists across Pakistan may find inspiration in the defeat of their brothers, as Maulana Ghazi dies a ‘martyr’.

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The Other Side of the Gallows

Was justice served with the commutation of the death sentence and release of Mirza Tahir Hussain?

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[9 Feb 2006 | No Comment | Nadir Hassan]
Fight to the End

The battle between nationalist forces and the military heats up.

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[9 Dec 2005 | No Comment | Amir Mir]
Rebels in the Ranks

Thirty-five ruling party members threaten to quit the PML, if its chief whip is not removed.

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[15 Sep 2005 | No Comment | Zahid Hussain]
The Great Election Farce

General Musharraf’s farcical exercise of bringing in “grass roots democracy,” has left the country even more fragmented, with politics sharply divided on ethnic and caste lines.

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[12 Oct 2004 | No Comment | Naveed Ahmad]
The Mother of All Cabinets

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s increasingly bulky cabinet is not just the largest in Pakistan’s history, but also the most expensive to maintain.

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[15 Sep 2004 | No Comment | Talat Hussain]
A Dashing Errand Boy?

In Shaukat Aziz, Musharraf has found a suave Prime Minister who will readily follow the script written out for him by the presidency.