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Embed from Getty Images I was young at the time (35), but like almost every Pakistani I was overjoyed when Zia toppled Bhutto (and hanged h...

Embed from Getty Images Most Pakistanis, even today, are not what you would call religious. In the rural areas of the country, particularl...

I can't decide who was more evil: Bhutto, or the man who overthrew and executed him (Zia). While we can never forgive Bhutto for his ind...

Embed from Getty Images I have heard that classified documents are normally released by the U.S. government thirty years after the events ...

When Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto assumed power in 971, one of our maids told my mother, "Now we'll live in your bungalow, you and others li...

‘Zia: a counterview’ Embed from Getty Images Published in Dawn, August 29, 2016 IT’S true Zia did make mistakes. Even the woman politician...

Published in The Express Tribune Blogs on February 19, 2014 “Can you help me draft a petition to the authorities to reduce the number of...

In 1970, I received an invitation from people living in what was then a suburb of Karachi (Gizri). The host was a Baloch, and the wedding ca...

Embed from Getty Images He was the man who was instrumental in breaking up the country, yet he is loved by millions of Pakistanis who li...

The late General Zia ul Haq may have done a great service to the country by hanging Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, but his enforcement of Islamic laws...

Published in The Friday Times on March 13-19, 2009 If Islamic laws are implemented in the country, would Sharia be applied to try a certain ...

Published in Business Recorder on February 4, 2008   According to the 1973 constitution, the president of the federation is just a useless f...

Published in DAWN on February 2, 2008 ACCORDING to the 1973 Constitution, the president is just a useless figurehead. Perhaps the words of...

Is Pakistan ready for democracy? Not yet. For more than half its existence, Pakistan has been under military rule. The first time a coup too...