Imran Khan
Shehbaz Sharif: A Man on Notice
Rajeev Deshpande
Jailed Imran Khan’s shadow looms over the new Pakistan prime minister
The Foundational Error
The power balance in Pakistan is poised on a fragile axis. Sharif, Zardari and Khan constitute a lopsided triangle. All three are high-stakes gamblers in the no-limits political casino. The croupier-owner is the army. All three know that this is their last throw of dice
Déjà Vu in Pakistan
Economic recovery will be slow amidst political instability no matter who wins the election
Pakistan army’s supremacy can be traced to how early rulers sought to overcome disadvantages with India: Ayesha Jalal
In the first decade of independence, Pakistan’s top leadership solicited the assistance of the US and joined anti-Soviet security alliances
Pakistani army will in due course have a pact with Imran Khan: Christine Fair
The Pakistani armed forces will not want a coup as it will then be directly responsible for all the wrongdoing, notes the American military scholar
‘Never before has the Pak army been held in such low public esteem – not even after 1971’
Pervez Hoodbhoy on the political crisis in his country following Imran Khan’s arrest
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