Columnist
Owais Tohid
Owais Tohid has reported extensively on war and conflict in Asia for 30 years and witnessed the rise and fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan. He has also covered the Palestinian conflict in the Occupied Territories and worked for the BBC World Service, AFP and CS Monitor. X: @OwaisTohid
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A friendship under shadows of conspiracies
President Trump’s handshakes with PM Imran Khan, claims of friendship and fondness, and claims of warm relations between the US and Pakistan are taken in Pakistan with a fist full of salt.
Boots and the theatre of Pakistan’s politics
Shoes have been flung at former US president George Bush, at Indian Congress Minister Chidambaram and at Pakistan’s military ruler, General Musharraf. They were lobbed as protest, meant to cause embarrassment.
Pakistani Politics on a roller coaster
Nov. 3, 2007. It was my daughter Risa’s birthday party at an amusement park, and I had just stepped off a roller coaster ride when I got a frenzied phone call informing me military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf had imposed an emergency and declared the constitution to be in abeyance.
What Sharif’s departure means for polarized Pakistani politics
For Nawaz Sharif, who is suffering from multiple ailments that pose a serious threat to his life, including kidney disease and a platelet-destroying immune disorder, leaving Pakistan was the last option.
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