The Real News on Pakistan


PAKISTAN: Unravelling US Involvement in the Emergency

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Medea Benjamin talks about her arrest and deportation from Pakistan. December 22nd, 2007

Pakistan: Emergency rule now called democracy. Aijaz Ahmad says: Restoration of "democracy" is an extension of emergency conditions, December 20th, 2007

The Neocons on Pakistan: Neat, Simple, and Dangerously Naïve
Analysis by Najum Mushtaq | Right Web | November 30, 2007

Just as a flicker of hope emerged to bring back elected civilian rule to Pakistan, the ideological warriors of neoconservatism are up in arms to douse it. Having supported Pervez Musharraf as the stalwart general in America's "war on terror," U.S. neoconservatives are panic-stricken at the prospect of his political demise. No sooner did he decide to relinquish his army post to become a civilian president than fear of Pakistan's collapse and of loose nuclear weapons gripped Musharraf's backers in the United States. Neoconservative analysts are hatching plans to raid the country and nick the nukes before it sinks into chaos. Others, less inclined to use the military option just now, have come up with puerile analyses of how a "Westernized core" of the military and Pakistani civil society can be used to thwart the worst-case scenario of Islamists taking over the country and, with it, the dreaded weapons. More...

  Pakistan, an example of failed U.S. foreign policy. November 27th, 2007

Based in New York City, USA, Johnathan Schell is a renowned anti-nuclear activist, prolific journalist, lecturer and best-selling author. He is a frequent contributor to The Nation, The New Yorker, Harper's and Atlantic Monthly. He is also the author of The Fate of the Earth, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

 

  U.S. will support Pakistan's dictatorship. November 26, 2007

Aijaz Ahmad: The U.S. needs Pakistan's military and will support their rule, with or without Musharraf
Based in New Delhi, Aijaz Ahmad is The Real News Network Senior News Analyst and Senior Editorial Consultant and political commentator for the Indian newsmagazine, Frontline. He has taught Political Science and written widely on South Asia and the Middle East.


  Will Musharraf resign? November 15, 2007
With pressure building on Musharraf to step down, the army general says he is considering all options.

The political crisis in Pakistan continues to spin out of control. Dawn reports that "In what is seen as a major shift from her earlier stance, Pakistan People's Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has called upon General Pervez Musharraf to step down as president, saying there is little possibility now of her working with him even if he hangs up his uniform." Musharraf refuses to relinquish his grip on power, with The Guardian reporting that "Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf vowed on Wednesday not to quit until the country's political turmoil was over, strongly defending his decision to impose a state of emergency."


  Pakistan arrests human rights leaders
, October 25, 2007
Asma Jahangir, arrested under Musharraf's Emergency measures, was interviewed by The Real News two weeks ago:


  Pakistan: Lead up to martial law
A collection of interviews and news stories on Pakistan produced by The Real News before Musharraf issued a state of Emergency on November 3, 2007. More...