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Pakistan: Practicing power, and the PTI’s ‘change’ policy

By Ahsan Butt Wed, Feb 29, 2012 3:57AM UTC View Comments

One thing worth noting about the PTI and its campaigning is the extent to which they’ve adopted gung-ho and fiery rhetoric. This is not just with regard to its characterizations of other parties and personalities, all of whom are some combination of corrupt, venal, self-serving, pusillanimous, and scum. This is also with regard to its...

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On the 20th amendment, and Imran Khan’s bizarre opposition to it

By Ahsan Butt Wed, Feb 22, 2012 12:07PM UTC View Comments

Last week, the government and opposition in Pakistan came together to carry out a very impressive achievement. Both houses of parliament, after some back and forth, passed the 20th amendment. Amongst other things, the 20th amendment provides for a fully independent election commission and an institutionalized, orderly transition by setting out the contours of the...

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PTI turncoats and what they say about our party system

By Ahsan Butt Mon, Dec 26, 2011 8:44PM UTC View Comments

Javed Hashmi, waving goodbye to his party, part of a larger trend

There is a conventional wisdom story out there on how the PTI is becoming a big, bad, scary machine. The story goes something like this: Imran Khan is personally popular –> higher chances of success in elections for PTI –> more big-name turncoats join the party –> higher chances of success in elections for PTI...

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Pakistan: Some thoughts on Husain Haqqani and Memogate

By Ahsan Butt Wed, Nov 23, 2011 12:55PM UTC View Comments

Well, the sordid saga is finally over. Husain Haqqani has resigned as Ambassador to the U.S. and, notwithstanding demands for inquiries and follow ups, I am resting assured that this matter will be forgotten relatively soon. At the very least, the inquiries and commissions and investigations will be buried in paperwork and bureaucraticese to the...

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Video of the Day: Rehman Malik on the cause of Karachi’s violence

By Ahsan Butt Thu, Jul 14, 2011 3:48AM UTC View Comments

Apparently the men of Karachi are so terrible that their wives and girlfriends are having them killed by the dozen. Watch from 1:00 in (via @shahidsaeed). Remember that this is our Interior Minister. He has a real job (protecting the citizens of Pakistan) with real responsibilities. I’ll make a deal with the PPP right now:...

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