Is Baluchistan becoming another East Pakistan?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on September 13, 2009 · 5 Comments
By Kuldip Nayar Islamabad faces today practically the same situation in Baluchistan as it did in East Pakistan. The former is as increasingly getting alienated from Pakistan as was Bangladesh in the midst of liberating itself. The army was supreme then as it is today in Baluchistan. Zulfikhar Ali Bhutto, then heading the Pakistan People … Read more
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Crossing the rubicon By Munizae Jahangir
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on August 20, 2008 · 6 Comments
(Courtesy: The Friday Times, Lahore) The establishment has been forced to forget the sins of Asif Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, but other politicians have not been so lucky. One such politician is Khair Baksh Marri’s son, Gazain, who has been living in exile in Dubai for the last eight years. When I finally meet him … Read more
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