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Articles Written by: ARIF RAFIQ
Afghanistan's
election crisis has temporarily abated, but Pakistan could soon face a volatile
political transition of its own. President Asif Ali Zardari is under
ever-increasing pressure to resign. His influence and power is dwindling and
will likely ...
From ARIF RAFIQ,
Foreign Policy,
19 Nov 2009
The need to redefine the American relationship with Pakistan - a nuclear-armed, front-line state in the war on terror - has never been greater. Now there is considerable opportunity to do so. US Senate Democrats issued a letter to President George W. ...
President George W. Bush rightly called Pakistan's recent national and provincial elections "a victory for [its] people." But, even as he uttered those words, his administration was working behind the scenes to subvert the will of Pakistan's people by ...
The assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has brought Pakistan's state of turmoil to new heights. As head of the nation's most popular political party, Bhutto largely transcended Pakistan's ethnic and sectarian divides. Her return from ...