Adil Najam The ‘Charter of Democracy‘ signed by former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif is already old news. This is unfortunate. Even if it is just ‘talk’, talking about democracy can only be good for Pakistan. I have been surprised at how few people I know who have even bothered to read the […]

Adil Najam This political parody is now a little dated (was circulating on the internet immediately after US President Bush’s 2006 visit to Pakistan). But it was funny then and is still funny. Given where US-Pakistan relations are going, it may be even more pertinent today than before. In case you are wondering where those […]

Adil Najam Both the President and the Prime Minister of Pakistan have ‘instructed’ government agencies to ‘soften’ Pakistan’s image. If only it was that easy. As an editorial in The Daily Times (June 11) pointed out, the real need is to confront our reality, not our image. President Pervez Musharraf on Friday directed the Ministry […]