Pakistan

The terrorist attack in Islamabad was not given sufficient coverage by the American media. We need support for the victims and their families, for all of the Pakistani people striving to live in peace, and for all yearning to live in a safer and more secure world.

In light of her country’s upcoming elections, Fatima Bhutto, BC ’02 and the estranged niece of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, prefers the might of the pen to that of the sword—and political office.

This week the Pakistani dictator, Pervez Musharraf, declared emergency rule in his troubled country. Emergency rule is one of the more heinous euphemisms that proliferate in political discourse.

Pakistan has been under military dictatorship for the past eight years, but only recently has this seemed to have caught the world’s attention.

General and self-appointed President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan currently faces his stiffest opposition—from the public, Islamists, and elites alike—since taking office after a coup . The next few weeks will mark the return of two ex-premiers to Pakistan to challenge his military regime in upcoming elections, the results of which will have important consequences on domestic stability and relations with the U.S.