I am Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Stockholm University, from where I obtained a PhD in 1986. I was born on 24 February 1947 in Lahore, Pakistan.
Did the Pakistan Garrison State win the 8 February 2024 Pakistan General Election or the Elected Representatives of the People? This question looms large on the political horizon of Pakistan.
The legitimacy of the 8 February 2024 general election in Pakistan is increasingly being questioned both inside the country as well as by external bodies such the UN and Amnesty International because the PTI is not being given a fair chance to contest the election.
Efforts to put together a coalition comprising PML-N, PPP and MQM supported by Independents, some of whom Maryam Nawaz is claiming are willing to join PML-N, seems to be what the Establishment wants. PTI remains defiant but looking for allies to form alternative coalitions.
On 24 December 2022 I remarked in a video discussion with Ahmed Raza Punjabi that Foreign Minister Bilawal Zardari-Bhutto by calling Indian Prime Minister the Butcher of Gujarat was hoping to catch the eye of the Pakistan establishment. It may prove to be prophetic.
4 December 2022
The New, 75th Anniversary RUPA PUBLICATIONS, INDIA, Edition of the Punjab Partition book is now available in India and Internationally.
For India: ().
For the USA: ().
11 May 2024
A new 10-series, KEY MOMENTS IN PAKISTAN'S HISTORY', has been launched by Dr. Hasan Zafar of FRONTIER POST, in which I would speak about my research and analysis of the turning points in Pakistan's chequered history and politics.
The first Episode in this series is,