The Punjab Pulse

Centre for Socio-Cultural Studies

Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan: Wilting due to absence of a credible leadership

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Jaibans Singh The elections in Pakistan, for whatever they were worth, are now over. By giving a mixed result, they have created more confusion than was prevalent earlier, and have caused considerable embarrassment to the Army Chief, General Syed Asim Munir.  The General engineered the elections with a clear-cut aim of diminishing completely the power of his arch … [Read more...] about Pakistan: Wilting due to absence of a credible leadership

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Imran Khan: The God may have fallen but his legacy will continue

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Jaibans Singh The year 1982 witnessed the entry of a new God in Pakistan named Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi. The adulation was the consequence of his accomplishment in the game of cricket. He was an all-rounder who captained the Pakistan cricket team that won the World Cup in 1992. He enjoyed a cult-like status in the cricket crazy country and  the larger cricket circle of the … [Read more...] about Imran Khan: The God may have fallen but his legacy will continue

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Pakistan’s tryst to move from virtual dictatorship to actual democracy

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Dr. Simrit Kahlon "Politics makes strange bed fellows" - this proverb, meaning that that political alliances in a common cause may bring together those of widely differing views, is today most applicable to Pakistan. Eleven political parties, including the PML (N) and the PPP that are sworn enemies have come together under an umbrella organisation named Pakistan … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s tryst to move from virtual dictatorship to actual democracy

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Kargil War: Pakistan’s duplicity should neither be forgotten nor forgiven

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Jaibans Singh The ongoing week marks the 21st Anniversary of India’s victory against Pakistan in the Kargil War, also called Operation Vijay. In 26, July, 1999, Pakistan announced complete withdrawal of its troops from the Kargil heights when nothing was left over there to withdraw with its beleaguered troops having been battered by the Indian Army. Every year, on 26, … [Read more...] about Kargil War: Pakistan’s duplicity should neither be forgotten nor forgiven

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