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The Congregation of the Dumb
By Jahanzeb Hussain The leaders of all the Pakistani political parties represented in parliament met on Sept 9, 2013 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, to thrash out the strategy for dealing with the terrorist threat. At the end of the deliberations, in which the army chief and the director general of the ISI also took part, it was unanimously decided to begin negotiations […]
Syria Analysis
By Jahanzeb Hussain When the Syrian uprising began two years ago, it seemed like the Arab Spring was taking its due course in the region. But now, the diagnostic is a little bit different. Not at least because 200,000 people have been killed in Syria, which is probably the most in the Middle East since the vicious civil war […]
Ikhwan and the Jama’at: False soulmates.
By Jahanzeb Hussain The crisis in Egypt has projected the Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan-al-Muslimun) to the forefront of the debate on the future of political Islam. While there should be a debate its future, it should nevertheless be kept in mind that political Islam is not a uniform phenomenon. It varies from one Muslim country to another […]
Pakistan, in and out of the elections
By Jahanzeb Hussain Pakistan has just come out of a historic election. It’s the first time in the country’s history that a civilian government completed its 5 year term and passed on the baton to another civilian government. Analysts say that hopes are high in Pakistan and that the country is heading in the right […]
The failures of Imran Khan
By Jahanzeb Hussain Imran Khan had predicted a Tsunami. Instead, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) finished third in the elections behind Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), which is not exactly the clean sweep he had promised. Though not a disaster when compared to his party’s previous election results, PTI’s performance perhaps can be […]
Collateral Damage 