Adil Najam I have felt a feeling of guilt all day today for having focussed on the ‘coup’ rumors that were triggered by the national power breakdown instead of directing focus on what that breakdown meant for ordinary Pakistanis; why it happened, and what should now be done? The journalistic instinct to pounce on the [...]

Adil Najam Further to our earlier post, an interesting – and rather bizarre – twist to the frenzy around Gen. Musharraf’s current US tour took place this Sunday when rumours of a potential coup in Pakistan began doing the round all over Pakistan. According to the Daily Times (25 September, 2006): President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s [...]

Adil Najam Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s much anticipated autobiography, In the Line of Fire, will officially be released in a few hours. It will be launched at a signing ceremony at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. [Earlier ATP posts here, here and here]. The build-up – whether intended by the publisher, Simon and [...]