Adnan Rehmat - Himal Southasian

The general’s labyrinth

Pakistan has moved from being an international 'basket case' to 'frontline state' in just a month. The change has been stunningly quick. For two years, Musharraf

By Adnan Rehmat

/ 1 Nov 2001

Back to the future?

The 1971 war with India and the military action in what was then East Pakistan is regarded by many as one of the darkest events in Pakistan's short

By Adnan Rehmat

/ 31 Mar 2001

Can and will the locals govern?

Political parties across the spectrum have questioned the military government's claim that elections to local councils in 18 of the 106 administrative districts in Pakistan, which they were

By Adnan Rehmat

/ 31 Jan 2001

The Great Escape

The seizure of power by the military in Pakistan was accompanied by the dissolution of Parliament, the suspension of the Constitution and the incarceration of the ousted prime minister Nawaz

By Adnan Rehmat

/ 1 Jan 2001

WHOSE MUMMY?

Even as politics in Pakistan acquired a new turn last month with the forging of an alliance between longstanding rivals Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, a recently unearthed mummy of

By Adnan Rehmat

/ 1 Dec 2000

Present tense; future imperfect

The Chief Executive of Pakistan has decided to stop courting the West and focus on internal politics, but this brings him squarely up against the religious right. Meanwhile, the liberals

By Adnan Rehmat

/ 1 Nov 2000

IF INDIA CAN’T, PAKISTAN MIGHT

The outcome of this one will be worth watching. Will Pakistan come to the Sri Lankan government´s aid where India hesitates to tread? That might well happen given that

By Adnan Rehmat

/ 1 Sep 2000

Subcontinental semantic

"South Asia" is a neutral term for the region, and has neither historical nor political baggage. In the Urdu language goes a saying something like this: A cauliflower

By Adnan Rehmat

/ 31 Jul 2000

Peace and war

One year ago, the progress of a bus entering Pakistan from India was keenly followed by over a billion people across South Asia and closely monitored the world over. The

By Adnan Rehmat

/ 29 Feb 2000