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Archive for ‘July, 2004’

Reform’s Iron Hand

ISLAMABAD— It is time for Musharraf to balance his liberalism with some muscle, bring out his whip and muster the unprecedented authority that destiny, his colleagues in the military, and the ordinary people of Pakistan have placed in him to bring discipline to our government. Opponents, critics, and ill-wishers of Pakistan [...]

Reform’s Iron Hand

ISLAMABAD— It is time for Musharraf to balance his liberalism with some muscle, bring out his whip and muster the unprecedented authority that destiny, his colleagues in the military, and the ordinary people of Pakistan have placed in him to bring discipline to our government. Opponents, critics, and ill-wishers of Pakistan [...]

A Third Liberation For Kabul?

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah is an anomaly in the Afghan cabinet. As an intellectual, he stands out among his mostly warlord colleagues. But they all, however, share a relationship with books on some level: He reads them. They burn them.
 
Dr. Abdullah is the only cabinet member – apart from President Karzai – who doesn’t [...]

Pakistan’s ‘Third Republic’

 
ISLAMABAD—When was the last time traffic in the heart of a major European capital, like Stockholm, came to a halt for a couple of hours because a Pakistani president was passing through?
 
Truth is, we in Pakistan have produced some remarkable statesmen with international stature. Our Father of the Nation comes in a class of [...]