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Pervez Hoodbhoy

Pervez Hoodbhoy is professor of physics at Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Commentaries by this author

  • Pervez Musharraf’s Minions of Terror

    After his ill-advised dismissal of the chief justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court ignited a firestorm of violent protests, President General …

  • Why Musharraf Survives

    Recent threats by the Bush administration to cut off billions of dollars in aid to Pakistan have sparked panic in government circles. Likewi…

  • How Musharraf Survives

    The devastating Kashmir earthquake is once again testing the skills of one of the world’s great political survivors. General Pervez Musharra…

  • The Challenge of Balakot

    Along with a group of faculty, staff and students from my university in Islamabad, I journeyed to Balakot, close to the center of the Kashmi…

  • Slouching Toward Fanaticism in Pakistan

    President Bush's comparison of the capture of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (reputed to have planned the attacks on the World Trade Center and the …

  • Musharraf and the Jihad Industry

    General Pervez Musharraf is poised to rule Pakistan for another five years. Not because he wants to, he says, but because no one but he can …

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