Adil Najam Over the last few days we have resisted posts about the recent political machinations in Pakistan. This is despite the fact pseudo-news pours in ever-more ferociously and ever-more sensationally from Pakistan. Literally by the hour. This is pseudo-news not only because everything is sensationalized and exaggerated with bombastic Ministers, protesting lawyers, baton-charging policemen, […]
Adil Najam The good news is that politics – in the good sense of the term – is back in Pakistan. The bad news is that it is not clear where it is going. Today we heard the news of the Supreme Court asserting its independence again by ordering the release of Javed Hashmi. I […]
Adil Najam This seems to have suddenly become a news-heavy day. Lal Masjid blast on teh one hand and now Musharraf-Benazir meetings. The News reports on this: The second round of meeting between President General Pervez Musharraf and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is underway here, the reliable sources said. The first round of the […]
