IMAD ZAFAR
It was Fatimah Jinnah in the 1960s who was termed a traitor, Sheikh Mujib in the 1970s, Zulfiqar Bhutto in the late '70s, and then Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif were declared corrupt and traitors in the 1990s. But the course of history proved that they were the ones who were on the right side of history while dictators like Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and Pervez Musharraf stood on the wrong side...
Sadanand Dhume | The Wall Street Journal
Fans of Imran Khan hail him as an incorruptible outsider who will cleanse politics. But his knee-jerk anti-Americanism, record of pandering to fundamentalist clerics, and promise to create an “Islamic welfare state” bode ill for Pakistan. With a stuttering economy and a reputation for fostering jihad against its neighbors, the troubled nation needs a dose of introspection.
Sadanand Dhume | AEI video
The 2017 ousting of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and his subsequent imprisonment for corruption, have made Imran Khan the front-runner to be the country's next prime minister. Sadanand Dhume argues that Khan’s ascent to power backed by the army would weaken Pakistan’s nascent democracy.