Paul Kapur once wrote that ‘support for Islamist militants has constituted a central pillar of Pakistan’s grand strategy’. He ...
Perhaps, no voice amongst Pakistani journalists is more synonymous with establishing freedom of speech and upholding ...
Bila­w­al Bhutto also stressed that PPP's legacy of ... even during the rule of military dictators such as General Zia-ul-Haq and General Pervez Musharraf. He praised the PPP for consistently ...
Leaders like Zulfikar Ali Bhutto faced accusations of election rigging and martial law, while Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's era saw the entrenchment of conservative Islam and the rise of the Taliban ...
Zia, a devout Muslim known as ‘Maulvi Zia-ul-Haq’ in some Pakistani military circles, saw Islam as the panacea for Pakistan's ills as well as the glue to hold the nation together. His Islamisation ...