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Voices from Pakistan

A collection of articles from Pakistani writers inside and outside the country following President Musharraf's declaration of an emergency in November 2007
  • A clear verdict

    Hassan Abbas

    Hassan Abbas: Pakistani voters have demonstrated their rejection of Musharraf's high-handedness and political cronyism

  • An abnormal calm

    Samia Khan

    Samia Khan: As I stand in my garden in Karachi, the usual sounds of traffic, street hawkers and kids playing outside are all absent

  • A vote of no confidence

    Talat Hussain

    Talat Hussain: A shackled media, compromised judiciary and watchful dictator will ensure that Pakistan's January elections are anything but free

  • Half the story

    Talat Hussain

    Talat Hussain: General Musharraf controls the media and judiciary in Pakistan, so the true scale of his brutality goes unreported

  • Musharraf and the media

    Moeed Pirzada

    Moeed Pirzada: A carefully-created perception of free media inside Pakistan helped the military dictator to market himself

  • Hello, click, brrrr ...

    Basim Usmani

    Basim Usmani: I've been talking to people on the phone about Pakistan's state of emergency. Well, trying to, anyway.

  • The peasants' revolt

    Basim Usmani

    Basim Usmani: Poor farmers in Pakistan have been resisting attempts by the military to deprive them of their land.

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