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Opinion: The Pakistan Taliban are not nationalists

By Ahsan Butt Fri, Feb 03, 2012 12:58AM UTC View Comments

There is a conventional wisdom out there – parroted often by the likes of Imran Khan – that the Taliban and their local affiliates act the way they do because they are solely and exclusively motivated by the presence of foreign troops in Afghanistan, as well as Pakistan’s alliance with the U.S. By this logic,...

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Imran Khan’s Tendulkar suggestion: Poor strategy on a new playing ground

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Tue, Jan 31, 2012 3:52AM UTC View Comments

Pakistani cricketer turned politician Imran Kahn. Pic: AP.

Imran Khan was a very good cricketer – one of the quartet of the world’s finest all-rounders to have played in the 1980s – the other three being Ian Botham, Richard Hadlee and of course India’s own Kapil Dev. But that was a long time ago. Today he is a Pakistani politician aspiring for a...

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Reflections on being back in Karachi

By Ahsan Butt Fri, Dec 23, 2011 7:44PM UTC View Comments

Damn, it’s good to be home. Every time I come back for holidays, it’s amazing how little things change, except for the wedding season. The wedding season is a bit like Karachi landscape: every year it gets bigger, and every year it seems to get more grotesque, even though the intent is to make it...

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Five thoughts on the Imran Khan rally

By Ahsan Butt Fri, Nov 11, 2011 5:29AM UTC View Comments

Yes, I’m about 10 days late with this, but I’ve been super busy, so this is really my first chance to talk about the PTI rally in Lahore and what it implies. I am sure you were waiting with bated breath for this. 1. There are some parallels between Imran Khan and Zulfi Bhutto Obviously...

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Former Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan rallies 100,000 people

By AP News Mon, Oct 31, 2011 12:51PM UTC View Comments

Pakistani cricketer turned politician and head of Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf or Movement for Justice Party Imran Khan waves to his supporters during a rally in Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday,

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Cricket legend and opposition politician Imran Khan railed against the government and its alliance with the U.S. before more than 100,000 flag-waving supporters Sunday, establishing himself as a force in Pakistani politics. Khan, 58, entered politics 15 years ago when he founded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or the Movement for Justice Party, but up...

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