Pakistan
Combating Fundamentalism: An Exclusive Interview with Farooq Tariq
Newsclick Production, 7 August 2010
Farooq Tariq from Pakistan Labour Party talks about the changing relationship between the Islamic Fundamentalists and the State of Pakistan. Newsclick Exclusive.
Prof. Aijaz Ahmad on The U.S.- Pakistan Strategic Dialogue
Newsclick Production 31 March 2010
As the the war in Afghanistan continues, the U.S has become dependent on the Pakistani Military for support. Prof. Aijaz Ahmad comments on the latest strategic dialogue between the two countries.
India Pakistan Talks: Afghan Context
Newsclick Production, 13 February 2010
Senior Journalist Sukumar Muralidharan talks about the restarting of India Pakistan talks in the context of the changing security situation in Afghanistan.
Seema Mustafa on the Recent Indo-Pak Meet
Newsclick production, 28 January 2010
Vetaran Journalist Seema Mustafa discuss the role of the recent Indo-Pak meet in developing friendly relations between India and Pakistan.
Required: A More Critical Reading of Establishment Myths
Seema Mustafa, Newsclick, 16 January 2010
When leading Pakistan lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan who had led the movement for the restoration of the judiciary said at a recent peace conference held in New Delhi that there were at least 40,50,60 locals who had helped a handful of Pakistanis execute the Mumbai terror attack, there was quite a stir amongst the audience. Indian Muslims in particular were concerned enough for some of them to approach Ahsan later and ask him if he had evidence to substantiate what he had said. It appeared he had not and was merely re-stating what the Pakistani establishment has tried to maintain in an attempt to divert Indian attention back into the Muslim mohallas and gali’s of India.<
Akbar Zaidi on The N.R.O in Pakistan
Newsclick Production
Political Analyst Akbar Zaidi talks about the possible impact of N.R.O in the Pakistani political scene.
Prof. Aijaz Ahmad on the National Reconciliation Ordinance in Pakistan
Newsclick Production
Prof. Aijaz Ahmad analyzes the implications of the N.R.O for the political scene in Pakistan
Suicide bomber kills eight in Pakistan
Zeeshan Haider, Reuters, 23 October 2009
A Taliban suicide bomber killed eight people outside a key Pakistani airforce facility Friday, with officials quick to deny suggestions the target was linked to the country's nuclear program.
Pakistani army facing threat from Punjabi, al-Qaida and Taliban militants
Declan Walsh, The Guardian, 12 October 2009
Pakistan's army made a stark admission today of the scale of the threat it faces from a nexus of Punjabi, al-Qaida and Taliban militants whose attacks are increasingly coordinated, include soldiers in their ranks and span the country.
Suicide bomber kills 41 near Pakistan's Swat
Robert Birsel, Reuters, 12 October 2009
A suicide bomber killed 41 people in an attack on a Pakistani military convoy passing through a market on Monday as the Taliban claimed responsibility for a weekend raid on the army's headquarters.
