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Pakistan: The Narratives Fall Apart

The author argues that the Pakistani government has lost control of its narrative on the Taliban, a confusion partly chosen since Musharraf’s Hudaybiyya speech, and that beheadings of soldiers have…

Brown Pundits Archive2 February 20140 comments
You gotta love the Bhutto-Z kids

A link to a video of the Bhutto-Zardari siblings, with the poster’s comment on hereditary princeling antics and the weak state of Sindhi in India.

Brown Pundits Archive1 February 20141 comment
Dirty War in Balochistan

The author notes that mass graves found in Balochistan, which the home minister blames on Indian intelligence while most suspect missing Baloch nationalists, have drawn little attention, and suggests Western…

Brown Pundits Archive31 January 20141 comment
Why are Pakistanis such a jealous and vicious lot?

In a satirical tone the poster mocks Twitter’s outrage at Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s Sindh festival staged at Mohenjo-daro, calling the festival ethnic and downmarket compared with the cosmopolitan, English-preferring taste…

Brown Pundits Archive31 January 20140 comments
A lonely BP

Shares two pieces from Centre India, including Harsh Gupta on how India’s centre-left builds a coalition of Christians, dalits, tribals and the poor, within the tension between inclusion and nationalist…

Brown Pundits Archive30 January 20142 comments

Pakistan: The Narratives Fall Apart