Pakistan has never gone through such a prolonged, intense and widespread political turmoil as at present. There were massive demonstrations by students and other sections of the urban population in 1952 in East Pakistan in protest against the Central Government’s misguided attempt to impose Urdu as the only national … Read More
It is not a mere coincidence that the Soviet Union should have renewed its offer of talks on offensive and defensive missile systems with the United States on the day of Mr. Nixon’s inauguration. This is an earnest of Moscow’s desire to begin serious negotiations with the new Administration as … Read More
It is somewhat disappointing that the Indian view of China remains strangely lopsided. The failure to evolve a comprehensive and viable approach to this key problem of our foreign relations as vitiated our thinking on a vast variety of related issues and accounts for the vague search for “room for … Read More
The case for a more flexible policy towards China, as it has been argued so far, can broadly be summed up in three points. All these refer to India’s own requirements and appreciation of its own situation. They are not at all concerned either with the Chinese view of the … Read More
President Ayub Khan has never been particularly popular among those sections of the Pakistani community which are currently spearheading the campaign for his overthrow. Students and lawyers have regarded his regime as being harsh and authoritarian. The ulema have distrusted the Field Marshal because of his modernist outlook. They have … Read More
Little is known in this country of the factors which finally persuaded Air Marshal Asghar Khan, one of the most prestigious figures in Pakistan, to come out in opposition to President Ayub Khan and his regime. But it is not a sudden a development as it might appear to be. … Read More
It is a sheer coincidence that the triumph of the neo-Stalinist hardliners in the Soviet Union has been followed by the election of a right-wing conservative of the Dullesian era as President of the United States. But it does not by any means follow that American conservatism and Soviet conservatism … Read More
It was expected that President Johnson would do something dramatic on the eve of polling in the American presidential election to help Mr. Hubert Humphrey. He has done it by ordering the complete stoppage of bombing raids over North Viet Nam. Whether this move would help Mr. Humphrey catch up … Read More
President Ayub Khan does not tire of describing the 1958 military coup as a revolution. This is a fake claim and all the efforts of Pakistan’s powerful propaganda machine cannot make it stick. The political system over which President Ayub Khan presides is a throw-back to the days of British … Read More
It is a tribute to President Ayub Khan’s public relations that his ten-year rule has generally come to be regarded as a great success story, both at home and abroad. In fact, it has been nothing of the kind. At best his performance has been mediocre, as in the fields … Read More
