Benazir Bhutto

How the electoral system works in Pakistan

Pakistan goes to the polls today in a widely watched national election that will lead to the formation of a new government to lead the crisis-ridden South Asian nation for the next five years. Here’s a quick guide to how the elections in the country works

The parallel journeys of Mujibur Rahman and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: Tragic legacies in South Asian politics

Both, Rahman and Bhutto, came from strikingly different family backgrounds, but they not only shared the time of their ascendancy to power but uncannily their eventual fate as well turned out to be quite similar

Imran Khan’s endgame has begun: Supreme Court relief is momentary, political pain is permanent

Imran Khan may have got some relief in the Pakistan Supreme Court on Thursday, but it’s a temporary respite. This week’s protests and acts of vandalism aimed at the army have actually sealed his fate in Pakistani politics

Mobocracy in the Making: Pakistan on edge after Imran Khan’s arrest

After former Pakistan PM Imran Khan was arrested Tuesday, his supporters in Islamabad and other cities went on a rampage, blocking roads, clashing with police and setting checkpoints and military facilities ablaze. The violence has killed eight protesters and left more than 200 cops injured

Imran Khan, Nawaz Sharif, Benazir Bhutto and more: When former Pakistan prime ministers were arrested

Violent protests have gripped Pakistan a day after the dramatic arrest of Imran Khan. He has been accused of corruption – not the first former prime minister to face a graft charge or be jailed. A look back at the country’s long and chequered history of punishing former PMs

Off-centre | Death of a dictator: Why Pervez Musharraf should not be hailed as a proponent of peace

Musharraf should be remembered as he was — an enemy and aggressor, the champion of the Pakistan policy of bleeding India with a thousand cuts, and an unscrupulous dictator who undermined democracy and became hated in his own land

Pervez Musharraf: Know reasons for downfall of former Pakistan dictator

From planning the disastrous military operation against India in Kargil to the siege of the Lal Masjid that prompted sections within his own Pakistan armed forces to attempt his assassination, Pervez Musharraf has had several blunders to his credit

Bilawal or no Bilawal, Pakistan just can’t be India’s friend: Here’s why

Narendra Modi is just an excuse, so is the issue of Kashmir; it is the very idea of India that Pakistan is wary of

Watch: Substandard statue of former Pak PM Benazir Bhutto removed from Quetta

On Thursday, PPP workers gathered at the Quetta park and removed the sculpture. A video of the PPP workers removing the substandard sculpture also surfaced on Twitter

Assassination bid on Imran Khan: Is it the beginning of the unravelling of Pakistani state?

Going forward, Imran Khan will become even more strident in his rhetoric. He will push things right to the brink, and perhaps even beyond. But the problem is that there is also no way that the government or the military establishment can give in to his demands