Asia burning

In a chilling message to the people of Pakistan and to the rest of the world, former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif has hinted that President Musharraf could be hanged in the near future. Addressing a mass rally at the stroke of dawn on saturday...

The political scenario in Pakistan showed its ugly side yet again, with the former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif publicly acknowledging that his Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) is pulling out from the newly formed coalition government as no consensus...

It is pretty much clear as to who is going to come to power in Pakistan. It is going to be the PPP-PML(Nawaz) combine. The deputy chief of PPP, Makhdoom Amin Fahim will be probably the new Premier as he is experienced. But the real power will lie in...

Image credit Musharraf has finally taken off his military uniform. Tomorrow he will be sworn in as President again. Shedding the khakis must have been painful for the Pakistani general. Though his handpicked successor general Kiyani seems to be a...

Law in Pakistan exists to promote lawlessness. Every institution in Pakistan except the ISI, the military and the terrorism cartel is just there for public entertainment. To take anything else seriously is making a mountain of a mole-hill. Other...

The US is clearly worried about Pakistan. The north-West frontiers have become a safe haven for Al Qaeda and Taliban, who use it to attack US forces in Afghanistan. Success in Afghanistan depends on how the Pakistan situation is dealt. Hence issues...

Pakistan's wait for democracy is lingering and almost over for Nawaz Sharif. However for Benazir Bhutto, it is still alive. She is supposed to return on October 18 putting Musharraf's request to delay return aside. How good the idea of democracy.

It is no more a veiled truth that the political mindset is subject to vacillate. In difficult situation foes are more remembered in Political diaspora than friends. This is true about Musharraf and Bhutto. However, after much hullabaloo on power.

He has been ruling Pakistan since 1999 when he wrestled power in a military-led coup, but never before had he been so desperate. Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf is gradually coming to terms with the realization that cracks are appearing...

Defying a Supreme Court order, President General Pervez Musharraf sent commandos to Islamabad airport yesterday and tossed out his archrival Nawaz Sharif hours after he returned from a seven-year exile in hopes of a political comeback. Analysts say...