Adil Najam UPDATE: The Prime Minister has announced the withdrawl of the President’s judicial notifications! Hats off to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani for political theatre of the highest caliber. And I mean that as a compliment. On Monday he played the loyal Prime Minister defending his President, attacking the opposition, and hinting at a […]

Adil Najam There is probably no period in Pakistan’s political history that was more central to defining the political contours of the country than the period which defined the rise, and ultimately the fall, of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Trauma is a permanent condition in Pakistan politics, especially today. But Pakistan politics, even as it unfolds […]

Adil Najam The legal complexities of the tussle between the President and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court remain messy and unclear, but one thing is very very clear: the confrontation between President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has, once again, brought the system to the very brink of collapse. Not […]