08- Public Opinion
1: Violence will cost Pakistan dearly
As the future of both Pakistan and its president, Pervez Musharraf, wallow in uncertainty in the wake of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, parallels are being drawn to the 1979 fall of the Shah and the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Once again, a pro-American autocrat seems to be rapidly losing his grip on power, with his US ally only half-heartedly standing by him.
2: The real Benazir?
Who was Benazir Bhutto: a beacon of democracy, or a corrupt opportunist? Lisa Curtis and Brian Katulis continue their debate.
3: Pakistan: the world's most dangerous place
The Economist, the world’s most authoritative newspaper, in its recent published article (dated January 04, 20008) has anointed Pakistan "the world's most dangerous place".
4: Quaid i Azams role in the making of Pakistan
How critical was Quaid-i-Azam's role in the making of Pakistan? Surprisingly though, it was most succinctly and most brilliantly summed up in rather unsuspecting quarters - in H. V. Hoc/son (d 2000)'5 The Great Divide (1969), perhaps the most authoritative British account of the imperial retreat from the subcontinent. He says,
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