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Indian villagers along with relatives of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian death row prisoner that was killed in Pakistan, carry his coffin during his cremation at Bikhiwind village some 45 kms from Amritsar, on May 3, 2013. Singh, an Indian convicted 16 years ago in Pakistan for spying and deadly bombings, died May 2 after being savagely beaten with a brick in Lahore prison, sparking a furious response from Indian politicians. Singh was cremated with state honours in his native village in northwestern India where hundreds of angry demonstrators shouted 'Down with Pakistan!' as they gathered to pay their tribute. AFP PHOTO / NARINDER NANU

Death and honour

The honours showered on Sarabjit Singh following his murder in a Pakistani prison raise the question whether all this was the Indian state’s reward fo
ANITA JOSHUA in Islamabad
Paramilitary troops stand guard as Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf, center, leaves after appearing in an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday, April 20, 2013. The general who ruled Pakistan for nearly a decade before being forced to step down appeared Saturday in front of an anti-terrorism court in connection with charges linked to his 2007 sacking and detention of a number of judges. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

From exile to jail

The arrest of Pervez Musharraf, the first of a former general by a civilian government, and the angry protests against him by lawyers take Pakistan th
ANITA JOSHUA in Islamabad
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari attends the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) summit in Tehran March 11, 2009.__REUTERS/Caren Firouz (IRAN HEADSHOT POLITICS)

Milestone of sorts

The PPP-led government becomes the first civilian government to last its full term in Pakistan. But the compromises it had to make take away from t
ANITA JOSHUA in Islamabad
Pakistani Shiite Muslims sit during a protest against the twin bombings in Quetta on January 12, 2013. Shiite families refusing to bury their dead after twin bombings in Pakistan's troubled southwestern city of Quetta vowed to continue their sit-in protest January 12 until the army takes over security. AFP PHOTO/Banaras KHAN

Fear of genocide

The murderous campaign against Shias gains momentum, with outlawed Sunni outfits demanding that they be declared non-Muslims.
ANITA JOSHUA in Islamabad
Sufi cleric and leader of the Minhaj-ul-Quran religious organisation Muhammad Tahirul Qadri (L) addresses his supporters from behind the window of an armoured vehicle on the fourth day of protests in Islamabad January 17, 2013. To Pakistan's ruling party, a firebrand cleric camped outside parliament with thousands of protesters is looking more and more like the harbinger of their worst fear: a plan by the military to engineer a 'soft coup'. In their eyes, Qadri seems like the perfect candidate for such a mission. A practised orator who has electrified crowds with his anti-corruption rhetoric, the doctor of Islamic law leapt into action to back the last power grab by the army in 1999. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION PROFILE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A cleric’s agenda

DEMOCRACY in Pakistan might just have turned a corner in mid-January. Given how little breathing space the democratic project has ever had in this cou
Anita Joshua in Islamabad
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