Pakistan's Nuclear Bayonet: Herald Exclusive Analysis
16 February 2011
EXCERPT: "In an enthusiastic moment, Napoleon is said to have remarked: 'Bayonets are wonderful! One can do anything with them except sit on them!' Pakistan’s political and military establishment glows with similar enthusiasm about its nuclear weapons. Following the 1998 nuclear tests, it saw 'The Bomb' as a panacea for solving Pakistan’s multiple problems. It became axiomatic that, in addition to providing total security, 'The Bomb' would...
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The Law of Diminishing Utility: Herald Exclusive Analysis
16 February 2011
EXCERPT: "Zaibunnisa was jailed in 1996 on blasphemy charges when Qari Hafeez, a cleric from Lahore, complained to the police that he had found torn pages of the Quran thrown in a drain. A medical board declared her mentally ill soon after her arrest, but she was still incarcerated. It was only in July 2010, 14 years after she was first sent behind bars, that the Lahore High Court ordered her release, but not on medical grounds. Her lawyer had convinced...
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Disunity Undermines Movement for Hazara Province
16 February 2011
EXCERPT: "Internal strife, petty politics and bickering among various power groups have undermined the objectives of the movement for Hazara province that cost nearly a dozen men their lives during a year of violent protest. The unity that was witnessed for a common cause among local pressure groups and political parties after the renaming of NWFP as Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) has splintered into several small sections making tall claims of their struggle...
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Public Anger over Davis Case Threatens to Spark Massive Unrest
16 February 2011
EXCERPT: "Inspired by the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, Pakistani college student Gulraiz Iqbal is itching for a reason to take his disdain for President Asif Ali Zardari's government to the streets. If Pakistani authorities grant diplomatic immunity and release Raymond Davis, the U.S. Embassy employee accused of murder in the deaths of two Pakistani men in Lahore, Iqbal will have the cause he craves. 'We would organize students in Lahore...
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