It is still a commonplace to attribute the overthrow of the Shah and the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini to the repressive nature of the previous regime. There is a measure of truth in it. Instead of harnessing the Western-educated intelligentsia to his purpose of pushing Iran into the 21st century, … Read More
Amnesty International has done well to bring it out that martial law in Pakistan, as it is now being implemented, is illegal in terms of the Supreme Court’s judgement in November 1977. The country’s highest judicial body had then ruled that martial law had a legal basis only so long … Read More
It is not at all clear why Mrs. Gandhi has chosen to express the doubt that elections to the Lok Sabha might not be held on January 3 and 6 as scheduled. On October 22 the President, Mr. Sanjiva Reddy, gave a solemn assurance to the nation not only on … Read More
