On 30 January 1971, a plane flying to Jammu-Satwari airport was hijacked by Kashmiri separatists. The handling of the episode marked how Pakistan repeatedly brushes off terror charges.
Former Pakistan PM Sharif has admitted Islamabad betrayed Lahore Agreement signed with India. The U-turn has meant that both countries inhabit a dangerous, nuclear no-man’s land.
Execution of Bhutto, 51, was carried out after 7-member SC upheld conviction, which many believe was done under coercion exercised by then military dictator Gen Ziaul Haq.
In The Bomb, The Bank, The Mullah and The Poppies, Iqbal Chand Malhotra analyses how Pakistan innovatively used a dodgy bank, poppy cultivation & trade to fund its nuclear programme.
Prior to being PM & after her two terms, Zulfikar's daughter Benazir Bhutto faced several arrests & served multiple jail terms. She was also put under house arrest in August 1985.
Like his grandfather Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Bilawal is betting on nationalism and the Generals to go up the political ladder. But the strategy will only tighten the army's grip.
Imran Khan is so tuned into Pakistan’s domestic politics, he sees foreign policy more as a ploy. That’s why he can surprise his rally audience with a Jaishankar video.
When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
Adding grist to the mill is Prez Bill Clinton’s foreword for Madeline Albright’s 2006 book,The Mighty & the Almighty,”During my visit to India in 2000,some Hindu militants decided to vent their outrage by murdering 38 Sikhs in cold blood.” This comment of Pres Clinton is held out as proof of India’s perfidy by Pakistan and also made its way to US Congressional hearings.
Adding grist to the mill is Prez Bill Clinton’s foreword for Madeline Albright’s 2006 book,The Mighty & the Almighty,”During my visit to India in 2000,some Hindu militants decided to vent their outrage by murdering 38 Sikhs in cold blood.” This comment of Pres Clinton is held out as proof of India’s perfidy by Pakistan and also made its way to US Congressional hearings.