General Zia Ul Haq

Pakistan Army says it will play 'no direct role' in election, but country's history is replete with coups and dictatorships

Pakistan's powerful military says it is taking 'no direct role' in the 25 July election, but a history of coups and dictatorships is fuelling fears over the balance of power in civil-military relations

Pervez Musharraf defends Pakistan's military rulers, says those who go against country's welfare must be killed

Musharraf faces several charges, including treason for abrogating the Constitution and declaring emergency in 2007.

India must rethink its 'stable' Pakistan policy with Islamic fundamentalists grabbing control of neighbour's army

It is indeed a real irony that of all the rulers of Pakistan if anyone tried to control the menace of "Islamic fundamentalism" in the armed forces or for that matter in the rest of the Pakistani society, it was General Pervez Musharraf.

How coups have Pakistan and Turkey inching towards puritanical Islamism

Erdogan has spoken openly about a return to Islamic norms and to Turkey’s Caliphate. His regime promotes such symbols of Islam as the head-scarf, which were strongly discouraged by Kemal’s version of modernism.

Petition to ban Indian films in Pak: New twist in Lollywood's love-hate equation with Bollywood

This week, a group of Pakistani film producers and distributors filed a petition in the Lahore High Court, seeking a ban on the exhibition of Indian films