Pakistan: Defiant Road Tour
A team of reporters from Pakistan’s Dawn Newspaper followed the caravan of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry as it attracted huge crowds on its route from Islamabad to Lahore, in … [Keep reading >>]
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A team of reporters from Pakistan’s Dawn Newspaper followed the caravan of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry as it attracted huge crowds on its route from Islamabad to Lahore, in … [Keep reading >>]
Got a link from a Pakistani blogger the other day requesting to be listed here.
What do you think? Munaeem’s Blog … [Keep reading >>]
There is increasing unease in Pakistan over what is termed the ‘Talibanisation of Pakistan.’ Writing in Dawn, Najmuddin Shaikh outlines the Taliban’s spreading influence and the government’s incompetent response: … [Keep reading >>]
Writing in Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki begins a multi-part analysis of the growing water crisis facing Pakistan and its neighbors: “The Aral Sea in Central Asia is the most vivid … [Keep reading >>]
The editor of Dawn Newspaper, Hameed Haroon, has published an open letter urging readers to contact Musharraf’s government and demand an end to harrassment of the paper: “Clearly the government … [Keep reading >>]
Writing in Pakistan’s Dawn Newspaper, I. A. Rehman makes the case for a close relationship between the absence of democratic practice and the rise of religious authoritarian movements within the … [Keep reading >>]
Writing in the Guardian, Omar Waraich outlines the reasons why the end may be near for Musharraf: “The chief source of strain, however, has been Musharraf’s close alliance with George … [Keep reading >>]
As reported by Zaffar Abbas in Pakistan’s Dawn Newspaper, Taliban influences have been creeping closer and closer to the center of Pakistani political and social life: “A number of people … [Keep reading >>]
Writing in Pakistan’s Dawn Newspaper (scroll down), Mahir Ali takes Benazir Bhutto and others to task for drawing the wrong conclusions about the ‘benefits’ of the protracted and hegemonic conflict … [Keep reading >>]
The street scenes in Pakistan, of lawyers in three-piece suits braving tear gas and calling for the end of Pervez Musharraf’s regime have not slowed down. Announcements of … [Keep reading >>]
The BBC has provided these photographs of the demonstrations today in Islamabad: “Dozens of people were arrested in Islamabad and across the country, despite overnight raids by police to detain … [Keep reading >>]
CNN International, broadcasting in the SF Bay Area in the mid-morning hours, does a good job with important news not seen elsewhere, or at least not seen at such length. … [Keep reading >>]
As reported by the Guardian’s Declan Walsh, Musharraf has been trying to rid himself of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and the legal community and civil society are not … [Keep reading >>]