Adil Najam Less thank a week ago I had written that “Uncertainty Rules Pakistan.” Since then the uncertainty has compounded. I write this just a few hours before the 13th National Assembly meets in Islamabad and nearly a month since the general elections, and there is still no clear sense on who the next Prime […]
Raza Rumi Karta hun jama phir jigare lakht lakht ko (I seek to gather the scattered pieces of my heart) Not long ago, say two decades ago, we the Zia’s children yearned for a country that treaded the Malaysian path for prosperity; and somehow were to transform a tolerant, inclusive society. Such were the dizzying […]
Adil Najam Explaining what is happening in Pakistan, and why, is never easy. Never has it been more difficult than it is now. Talking earlier today to the National Public Radio show Here and Now, it struck me again how difficult it is to articulate any explanation of Pakistan’s politics – not only to non-Pakistani […]
