Saturday, September 29th, 2007 Posted in Islamabad, Lawyer's Movement, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Pervez Musharraf, Pervez Musharraf's Re-Election | No Comments »
Islamabad, once Pakistan's most serene and perhaps sedating city, is now at the center of its political storm. In the summer, its Red Mosque lived up to its name ... Read more..Saturday, September 29th, 2007 Posted in Pervez Musharraf's Re-Election, Supreme Court | No Comments »
From Nawaz Sharif's ill-fated return to the Supreme Court petitions against his presidential candidacy, Pervez Musharraf has successfully pulled the air out of his opposition's more dramatic attempts to oppose ... Read more..Friday, September 28th, 2007 Posted in Iftikhar Chaudhry, Pervez Musharraf, Pervez Musharraf's Re-Election, Supreme Court, The Bhutto-Musharraf Deal | 1 Comment »
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has just ruled that petitions by Imran Khan (Tehreek-e Insaaf) and Qazi Hussain Ahmed (Jamaat-e Islami) that protested Pervez Musharraf's eligibility for presidential re-election are ... Read more..Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 Posted in Abdul Qadeer Khan, Benazir Bhutto, Inter-Services Intelligence, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Khan Research Laboratories, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan Army, Perceptions of Pakistan, Push on Pakistan | No Comments »
Read more..Monday, September 24th, 2007 Posted in Muhammad Sadiq, PR Strategies for Pakistan, Pakistan Foreign Office, Perceptions of Pakistan, Push on Pakistan, Tasnim Aslam | 3 Comments »
Pakistan's Foreign Office has announced that Muhammad Sadiq, the former deputy chief of mission (DCM) at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington, will be replacing Tasnim Aslam as spokesperson. Aslam, a ... Read more..Saturday, September 22nd, 2007 Posted in Admin | 1 Comment »
Apologies for our relative inactivity over the past few days. There have been some significant developments in Pakistan, however we haven't had the opportunity to provide in-depth analysis. ... Read more..Friday, September 21st, 2007 Posted in Ashfaq Kayani, Inter-Services Intelligence, Muhammad Sabir, Nadeem Taj, Pakistan Army, Pervez Musharraf, Salahuddin Satti, Tariq Majeed | 1 Comment »
The Pakistan Army has promoted six major generals to lieutenant general today. The most important advancement is that of Nadeem Taj, who, as Shaan reported on Tuesday, is the ... Read more..Monday, September 17th, 2007 Posted in Benazir Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto's Return, Nawaz Sharif, Nawaz Sharif's Return, Pervez Musharraf, The Bhutto-Musharraf Deal | No Comments »
On Friday, Benazir Bhutto announced that she will return to Pakistan on October 18, ending her eight years of self-exile. Soon afterwards, reports from a variety of parties in Pakistan ... Read more..Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 Posted in Bush Administration Policy, Nawaz Sharif, Nawaz Sharif's Return, Pervez Musharraf, The Bhutto-Musharraf Deal, U.S.-Pakistan Relations | No Comments »
The information provided by Shaan's sources on Sunday proved to be accurate: Nawaz Sharif was deported Monday afternoon Pakistan-time back to Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Details of Sharif's removal are ... Read more..Sunday, September 9th, 2007 Posted in Bush Administration Policy, Nawaz Sharif, Nawaz Sharif's Return, Pervez Musharraf, Richard Boucher, The Bhutto-Musharraf Deal, U.S.-Pakistan Relations | No Comments »
Pakistan International Airlines flight 786 has just taken off from London's Heathrow Airport heading toward Islamabad. Sitting in its business class is exiled, deposed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. ... Read more..