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Lawyers chant slogans opposing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf during a protest in Lahore, Pakistan, Feb. 7, 2008.

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Magazine Article - Harvard International Review

A Pakistani Revolution

| February 2008

The lack of predictability and transparency through both the presidential and parliamentary elections have compounded the confusion, the instability, and Musharraf's loss of credibility. Is Pakistan becoming "the world's most dangerous nation"?

Violence on the streets of Karachi following Bhutto's assassination

Mudsi

Newspaper Article - Globe and Mail

Who Killed Benazir Bhutto? We All Did

| December 29, 2007

"The tragic assassination of Benazir Bhutto has engulfed Pakistan in grief and turmoil. But her death symbolizes the wider calamity that envelops us all - throughout the Middle East, Asia, Europe and the United States. The real significance of this killing - and the others sure to follow - is not their surprise, but rather how common, almost inevitable, this sort of event has become in our part of the world. If we wish to end this horror show engulfing more Arab-Asian regions, and increasingly sucking in American and other Western armies, we should get serious about what it means and why it happens."

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Newspaper Article - Metro Boston

A New Player In Pakistan Politics

Nov. 28, 2007

Metro Boston's Jason Notte interviews Xenia Dormandy, Director of the Project on India and the Subcontinent:

"Nawaz and Musharraf hate one another — loathe one another. I don’t think there is any credible way the two of them could make a deal with one another. Sharif was ousted by Musharraf. When Musharraf was in Saudi Arabia two weeks ago, many thought it was to talk to Sharif. More likely, it was to convince the Saudis to hold on to him."

Magazine Article - Terrorism Monitor

The Road to Lal Masjid and its Aftermath

| July 19, 2007

"It is clear that most Pakistanis wanted Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) leader Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi to be held accountable for his vigilantism and for trying to enforce his extremist version of Islam on society. The public's views have changed, however, now that it has become obvious that the government used indiscriminate force during the operation and since its claims about the presence of foreign militants inside the mosque complex have not been independently verified."