The Pakistani Spectator

“I don’t care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.” Said William Marcy Tweed - (1823-1878). Tweed was head of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th century New York. *In Pakistan also, it did not matter who voted […]

President Asif Ali Zardari has become Pakistan’s first head of state to promise a “no-first nuclear-strike” against India. He talked of the need for change and reconciliation in India-Pakistan relationship, and the possibility of doing away with passports for travel between the two countries.
The surprise statement came when Zardari was addressing the Hindustan Times Leadership […]

To the dismay and shock of American policy makers, the so-called puppet Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that he would guarantee security for Taliban leader Mullah Omar if he ever wanted to negotiate and said Western allies should remove him or leave if they disagreed with that.
As the war against terror in Afghanistan is […]

President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has said that he can assure the American people that no big terrorist attack is going to be planned against the U.S. in the tribal areas. Regarding the missile attacks in FATA, Zardari said, “obviously the people who are using the strikes are confident that they’re doing something. […]

There is a dispute over the definition of political development. There are wide differences over the definition regarding the form of government, legitimacy, authority, leadership and law making.
Political development can be defined as a process by which a political system acquires an increased capacity to sustain successfully and continuously, face […]