Things tagged as President Musharaf.
June 30th by Kamran Shafi.
THIS past week the Commando, and his sidekick the Private Banker, or shall we say Tweedledum and Tweedledee, were interviewed by a private TV channel in London, where they live ...
August 28th by Kamila Hyat.
Much like the megalomaniac Emperor Nero, who fiddled while Rome burned, Pakistan's political leaders have over the past few months locked themselves in convoluted charades involving endless dialogue ...
August 27th by Shireen M Mazari.
With the PML-N breaking away from the ruling coalition in a most principled fashion, finally there is a chink of light in an increasingly nightmarish political scenario confronting Pakistan ...
August 25th by Irfan Husain.
IN a sense, I have been writing this article in my head for well over a year. At the height of the lawyers’ movement to restore the suspended chief justice ...
August 25th by Ikram Sehgal.
According to the schedule announced by the Election Commission the election of a new president will take place on Sept 6. Direct elections would have been far better. The imperfect ...
August 24th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
All around the mulberry bush
The monkey chased the weasel;
That's the way the money goes
Pop! goes the weasel.
This is part of a rhyme from my childhood that fits the current political ...
August 23rd by Rahimullah Yusufzai.
If he had his way, President General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf would have ruled Pakistan forever. He had made almost fool-proof political and legal arrangements to make sure that his rule ...
August 22nd by Shafqat Mahmood.
In the end, it looked deceptively easy. A rambling self justification for over an hour, some defiant noises and then tame words of resignation. What led up to it though ...
August 22nd by Ayaz Amir.
Is this sad country fated never to know any peace? Is this what was written in its stars from the moment of its birth six decades ago? And is it ...
August 22nd by Ayesha Siddiqa.
PERVEZ Musharraf is now gone and many believe he is history. Perhaps the former military dictator thinks otherwise. Some people argue that the reason he is not leaving the country ...
August 21st by I A Rehman.
FEW should have been surprised by Gen Musharraf’s resignation last Monday. The writing on the wall had become clear many days earlier.
The significance of the coalition government’s coup de grâce ...
August 21st by Mosharraf Zaidi.
Celebrating Pervez Musharraf's resignation should be no more than a fleeting indulgence for people who are seriously interested in Pakistan's future. In October of 1999, Musharraf stole Pakistan from the ...
August 21st by Fasi Zaka.
Schadenfreude, a German loanword in English, means "taking guilty pleasure in someone else's misfortune." Ever since Musharraf resigned just a couple of days ago that's all I see on television, ...
August 21st by Kamila Hyat.
At first there is relief. After weeks and months of sharply inhaled breaths, the immediate crisis is finally over. President Musharraf has opted to step down, sparing the nation what ...
August 21st by Ikram Sehgal.
The day before Pervez Musharraf resigned as President, considerable venom was directed at me by a PML (N) leader whom one considered a good friend and had lot of respect ...
