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2012 is a new year for Pakistan, yet it brings with it many of the same challenges that have dogged it for years. January 2012′s B-side looks at some of those challenges beginning with the most important challenge before Pakistan, that of extinguishing the fire that is Balochistan. An article by the great Professor Akbar [...]

December 2011’s B-side focuses on the rise of a new politics in Pakistan in the form of an article by James Caan on the rise of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). With this in mind, the emergence of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in the PPP is also examined in an article penned by him. The B-side [...]

November 2011’s B-side has its main focus on the emergence of a third force in Pakistani politics in Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as well as continuing commentary on the evil of US drone attacks in Pakistan. The B-side begins with an analysis of the rise of Imran Khan’s PTI by Rahimullah Yusufzai, who remains [...]

October 2011′s B-side is in memoriam to Begum Nusrat Bhutto who passed away in October. This special B-side includes three articles of tribute to the iron lady of Pakistan with contributions from the respected analyst Nasim Zehra followed by an article by Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the UK, Wajid Shamsul Hasan. The respected columnist Kamran Shafi is the author of [...]

September 2011′s B-side continues to discuss that migraine of migraines, Pakistan-US relations. Ten years on from 9/11, the effect of that dark day on Pakistan are reviewed by none other than the man at the helm on that day, Pervez Musharraf. The second article looks at the current Pakistan-US tension after Admiral Mullen’s diatribe and is writtten [...]

August 2011’s B-side has its central focus on the death drones that land in Pakistan daily. The B-side is essentially a drone debate this August, because although I have written extensively against the drone attacks in Pakistan, recent developments have caught my eye and deserve further comment. The first two articles in the B-side are [...]

July 2011’s B-side continues to focus on the aftermath of the Bin Laden killing and looks at that headache of headaches, Pakistan-US relations. The first article is written by the one and only Tariq Ali and focuses on ‘AmPak’ – a marriage of convenience. The second article is written by Cyril Almeida and looks at [...]

June 2011′s B-side looks within and without, starting with a continued focus on Pakistan-US relations via a commentary from a luminary no less than the former President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf. The second key focus is some much needed introspection that looks at the negative role of successive Pakistani military leaders in an article written [...]

May 2011’s B-side is all about the killing of Osama Bin Laden and the fall-out from it in Pakistan. Three articles try to bring some sense and perspective beginning with the much ridiculed article penned by President Zardari. The other articles have not been subject to ridicule and are written by Babar Sattar and Mohammed [...]

March 2011′s B-side is set to be a depressing read. Depressing for its main focus is on Pakistan-US relations vis a vis the Raymond Davis issue and looks at both sides of what is now a useless and redundant debate with two articles by luminaries no less than Christopher Hitchens and the President of Pakistan himself. The [...]