This piece first appeared today in Foreign Policy’s AfPak Channel, which you can see here. This morning Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, resigned his post over the scandal known as “memogate,” whereby Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz alleged that he was asked by Amb. Haqqani to pass a memo to former chairman of [...]
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Leaked & MemoGated
Posted in Op-Eds, tagged Military, PPP, Zardari on November 22, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Life & Death in Karachi: A Review of Instant City
Posted in News Briefs, tagged Karachi on November 11, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Growing up in Islamabad, I would sometimes visit relatives in Karachi, but was seldom able to grasp the nuanced chaos that Pakistan’s bustling port city exudes. But last week, while visiting Karachi for work, I paid closer attention. The city is, after all, widely covered in the news for its volatile security situation. Corruption & [...]
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