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Keyword: Nawaz Sharif

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Main Stories

Pakistan elections: change or change of faces?

Zafar Bangash

Rajab 22, 14342013-06-01

Electing the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz faction) has simply brought the same old party that had twice before failed to deliver. Amid growing allegations of vote rigging, Pakistanis seem to have opted for merely change of faces.

Letters To The Editor

Pakistan: agenda for the new government

Nasir Hussain Peerzadah

Rajab 22, 14342013-06-01

What the priorities of the new Pakistani government should be, are listed by Nasir Hussain Peerzadah from Kashmir.

Main Stories

Pakistan under siege from within and abroad

Zafar Bangash

Jumada' al-Akhirah 20, 14342013-05-01

As Pakistanis go to the polls, there are far more serious issues facing the country, not least a grand foreign conspiracy to break it up.

Main Stories

The influence of external powers in Pakistani politics

Zafar Bangash

Dhu al-Hijjah 22, 14282008-01-01

Benazir Bhutto’s assassination has revealed a facet of Pakistani politics that is not generally known to people in the West: the extent to which Pakistani politicians act as agents of the West. Tens of thousands of Muslims are killed in political violence each year, most of of it sponsored by the West. Few are mourned as deeply as Benazir. Her assassination has been condemned by US President George Bush, the UN Security Council and a long list of other western leaders. Why should the death of one Pakistani draw so much attention in the West, when those of other – such as the girls killed in the Lal Masjid in July – are regarded with disdain?

Main Stories

Pakistan’s Supreme Court gives Musharraf a boost as politicians still struggle for power

Zafar Bangash

Ramadan 19, 14282007-10-01

The Supreme Court verdict on September 28, dismissing several petitions challenging General Musharraf’s attempt to contest presidential polls while retaining his army post, has dealt a severe blow to the opposition’s hopes of preventing him from continuing his rule. There was an immediate adverse reaction on the streets; the police resorted to their customary brutality, attacking lawyers, political opponents and journalists, and a number of cameras were smashed. Protests continued as Crescent International went to press, amid signs that though the verdict might have brought some respite to Musharraf, Pakistan’s troubles are far from over.

World

Cracks appearing in Pakistan’s military regime as people demand democracy and Islam

Zafar Bangash

Shawwal 07, 14242003-12-01

Oscillating between comedy and farce, the Pakistani political scene has never been dull, but has resulted in terrible consequences for the hapless Pakistanis. An assorted array of charlatans and crooks, claiming to be on a messianic mission to usher in prosperity, have driven the masses into ever-deeper despair.

World

Musharraf brings electoral politicking to Pakistan again

Zafar Bangash

Rajab 24, 14232002-10-01

Pakistan is again in the grip of election fever as people prepare for polls on October 10. With the leaders of the two main political parties, Benazir Bhutto of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party and Nawaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League, barred from participation because of corruption charges, the election has become a localized affair.

World

Nawaz Sharif fiasco exemplifies trends in Pakistani politics

Zia Sarhadi

Shawwal 06, 14212001-01-01

The military regime in Pakistan has enough egg on its face over the Nawaz Sharif episode to feed a battalion. But those who expected it to behave differently should have known better.

Editorials

Pakistani experience exposes western myth of ‘democracy’

Editor

Rajab 22, 14201999-11-01

The military coup against Nawaz Sharif’s government in Pakistan last month was greeted throughout the country with joy and relief rather than popular concern for the loss of people’s ‘democratic rights’.

Features

Women: the west’s anti-Islam time bomb for the twenty-first century?

Aisha Geissinger

Rajab 22, 14201999-11-01

Human Rights Watch, a major western human rights agency, issued a report about violence against women in Pakistan on October 19, shortly after the coup there. It estimates that between 70 and 90 percent of Pakistani women are victims of domestic violence, and accuses the now-deposed government of Nawaz Sharif of not acting to change the situation...

World

Pakistan’s political elites look to overseas Pakistanis to bankroll the country - and their retirements

Zafar Bangash

Jumada' al-Akhirah 21, 14201999-10-01

Political instability is so much a part of life in Pakistan that it hardly evokes any concern. It is when the escalation of political instability begins to threaten economic life that the powers-that-be get restless and send their current ‘leader’ packing. That point may be approaching fast for prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

World

Nawaz Sharif’s total failure in Pakistan highlights the bankruptcy of Islamic political groups

Zafar Bangash

Jumada' al-Akhirah 06, 14201999-09-16

The men who surround Nawaz Sharif, with hard looks, bulging bellies and overflowing bank accounts, are casting nervous glances over their shoulders these days. The prime minister of the ‘heavy mandate’ suddenly appears clueless and out of his depth.

World

Anger in Pakistan following surrender to US and India over Kargil

Crescent International

Rabi' al-Thani 19, 14201999-08-01

Tens of thousands of Pakistanis marched in the streets of Lahore on July 25 to protest against prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s acceptance of a US-imposed settlement to the confrontation with India in occupied Kashmir which amounted to a humiliating withdrawal by Pakistan.

World

Nawaz Sharif snatches Kashmir defeat from the jaws of victory

Zafar Bangash

Rabi' al-Thani 03, 14201999-07-16

Prime minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan followed the traditions of his predecessors when he snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in Kargil. After a brilliant military operation in which the Indian army was given a bloody nose for the first time, with serious cracks appearing in its ranks...

World

Karachi groans under escalating violence

Zafar Bangash

Rajab 26, 14191998-11-16

Last month witnessed some highly unusual developments even by Pakistani standards where political events can take a sudden and unexpected turn.

World

Indians speak from both sides of their mouth on Kashmir

Zafar Bangash

Rabi' al-Awwal 22, 14191998-07-16

As Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif heads for Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital, for his first face-to-face meeting with his Indian counterpart later this month, Kashmir will be high on his agenda.

Special Reports

Political fallout from Pakistan’s nuclear tests

Zafar Bangash

Rabi' al-Awwal 07, 14191998-07-01

It was a foregone conclusion that there would be political as well as economic fallout from Pakistan’s nuclear explosions. Western governments had made clear that Islamabad would suffer terribly if it followed India down the nuclear path. Such pressure weighed heavily on Pakistani leaders before they took the plunge.

Special Reports

Pakistan's nuclear prowess boosts morale of Muslims worldwide

Zafar Bangash

Safar 21, 14191998-06-16

Muslim masses around the world greeted Pakistan’s nuclear tests with joy while the enemies of Islam were gripped by grief. Soon after Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif announced that five successful tests had been conducted on May 28...

World

Pakistan’s constitutional nightmare over, but for how long?

Zafar Bangash

Sha'ban 16, 14181997-12-16

Prime minister Nawaz Sharif won the gladiatorial contest with the country’s president and the chief justice, banishing both into the political wilderness, but it was a gruelling experience for him.

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