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Sepia Mutiny (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
By now most readers will have seen the news that Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's President, has resigned from his post rather than face impeachment charges. While for some this might seem like a happy day, a slightly closer look at the situation in Pakistan suggests that the country is not now headed for greater stability or economic prosperity. Since his party lost the Parliamentary elections earlier...
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Indus Asia Online Journal (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
Courtesy and Thanks: Guardian.co.uk Triumphalism over a Musharraf impeachment won’t hide the failings of Pakistan’s ruling coalition Fatima Bhutto The Guardian, Friday August 15 2008 The murky abyss of Pakistani politics has been especially murky over recent months, and true to form it just keeps getting murkier. The one thing that is absolute when dealing with the [...]
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Indus Asia Online Journal (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
Courtesy and Thanks: Daily Dawn LONDON, Aug 15: General (retd) Pervez Musharraf has found a most unlikely supporter in this hour of trial in Fatima Bhutto, niece of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, trashing the democratic and moral credentials of Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif to impeach the president. In an article, ‘Charlatans of democracy’ [...]
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Schneider Home (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Regular readers may know that I've got a bit of a thing for Fatima Bhutto . She's written a superb piece in the Guardian reminding us not to pin high hopes of Sharif, Zardari, the PML-N, or the PPP. Read it.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Fatima Bhutto: Triumphalism over a Musharraf impeachment won't hide the failings of Pakistan's ruling coalition
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Comment is free: Fatima Bhutto: Triumphalism over a Musharraf impeachment won't hide failings of Pakistan's ruling coalition
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Indus Asia Online Journal (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Mir Murtaza Bhutto (September 18, 1954 - September 20, 1996) Murtaza Bhtto, the elder son of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, was a revolutionary. Bhutto campaigned as an independent in the 1993 elections, winning a seat in the assembly governing the Sindh province. In 1996, he accused police of unfairly targeting his organization. Several hours after the [...]
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Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
OKARA :Central Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Syed Munawar Hassan has said that Asif Ali Zardari was enough to ruin Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). Talking to newsmen here on Wednesday, he said that Makhdoom Amin Fahim or Fatima Bhutto would not need more struggle to divide PPP in the presence of Zardari. He criticised the long time negotiation [...]
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Indus Asia Online Journal (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Lessons about the rights respect and dignity of the women should be included in the text because so as to create awareness about women rights. This was stated by Tauqir Fatima Bhutto provincial minister of women development while speaking as a chief guest in a launching ceremony of a book titled ″Women, rights, status and [...]
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The Pakistani Politics (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
Fatima Bhutto: living on the edge Six months after her aunt Benazir Bhutto was assassinated, Fatima Bhutto is fighting to reveal the truth surrounding the murder of her father in 1996 — and making some very dangerous enemies William Dalrymple As the convoy neared home, the street lights were abruptly turned off. The police snipers were ready [...]
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Indus Asia Online Journal (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
The pink city Courtesy and Thanks- The News, 2/3/2008 ‘Asalam alaikum, Namaste, welcome to the Pink City‘ came the voice on the phone line. I had traveled to Jaipur, the heart of Rajasthan in India, to speak at a literary festival and after a long drive from Delhi I was met by a kind and welcoming voice. [...]
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Fatima Bhutto has said she does not want to take the plunge into politics, she seems to be learning the art of politicking fast.
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
According to sources, Fatima Bhutto, the rebel niece of Benazir, is uniting all the young Bhuttos of the family to spearhead a campaign against the autocratic attitude
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Indus Asia Online Journal (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Courtesy: The Hindu Islamabad (PTI): Describing India and Pakistan as “siblings”, slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto’s fiery niece Fatima Bhutto said there was more fortune in peace between the “two sister nations” than war. “We have, like siblings, more in common than we appreciate and our differences, though vast, are not impossible to overcome. They [...]
