Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pavan K. Varma | Why did Imran survive the assassin’s bullets?
The army’s expectation was that once removed the former PM would fade away — as others did before him
Zulfikar had left behind a legacy of lost opportunities
There can be little doubt that the manner in which the PPP approached the 1977 election was profoundly problematic.
The death of a dictator
The tall tales could usually be dismissed out of hand.
Waiting for Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
The PTI clinched enough extra seats that made it unnecessary to even reach out to the PPP.
Will Nawaz, the unburied lion, extract his revenge?
Imran Khan once boasted that he had been offered the prime minister-ship by Gen Musharraf.
Pak govt or family enterprise: Sharif passes baton to brother
The move maintains the eponymous Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party's hold on power, with Nawaz continuing to act as puppet master.
Blood: The sixth river of Punjab
The river’s banks are murder and mayhem. Pakistan’s first PM Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated in Rawalpindi in 1951.
How the 1962 war has set the tone of Indo-Pak ties
The road to the 1962 war starts in Tibet — in fact, it starts because of the road to Tibet.
How the 1977 Zia takeover sealed fate of Pakistan
Many of us back then saw Zia’s unrepresentative incumbency as a temporary phenomenon that would wear off once he departed.
Zardari aide in court over missing brother
Ismail Mari pleaded with the Sindh High Court to issue an order to recover his missing brother.