Mustafa Qadri

SECURITY | SOUTH ASIA | PAKISTAN August 9, 2010By Mustafa Qadri The WikiLeaks files won’t destroy ties between the two. The US decision to withdraw from Afghanistan has made sure of that. At first glance it appeared that the smoking gun had finally been found. That was certainly the initial impression when, on July 25, Internet whistleblower site [...]

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Zardari’s decision to visit Europe as Pakistan is ravaged by floods reflects the elite’s flagrant indifference to human suffering Mustafa Qadri, guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 4 August 2010 10.00 BST Contempt for human life is at the heart of Pakistan’s miseries. Although the relationship between rich and poor is complex and far from monolithically asymmetrical, fundamental inequalities make [...]

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Cameron’s comments stoke a dangerous perception in Pakistan that its efforts in the war against the Taliban have been ignored Mustafa Qadri, guardian.co.uk, Thursday 29 July 2010 18.15 BST News of Cameron’s visit may have been sidelined by Pakistan’s worst-ever air disaster. Yet his speech in Bangalore, India, has fast become infamous here. It isn’t [...]

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I do reports on Pakistan for Radio Australia’s Connect Asia programme: May 24, 2011 – Pakistan’s military under fire over naval base attack here March 9, 2011 – Australia Network News feature on my patrol with tribal militia here March 8, 2011 – On patrol with Pakistan’s tribal militia here November 29, 2010 – Pakistan investigates [...]

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I’ll be taking part in a discussion on ‘Just Wars in World Cultures’ at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London on Wednesday 4 February. The full details are…

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“Aiding Pakistan will help West’s security” August 17, 2010 (On the importance of supporting Pakistan during the flood crisis for international security) “Kashmir peace key to fixing Afghanistan” May 26, 2010 (On the significance of internationally mediated settlement of the Kashmir dispute for security in Afghanistan) “Devolution a shaky step for Pakistan” April 19, 2010 [...]

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I’m Pakistan correspondent for The Diplomat, Australia’s only dedicated international affairs magazine: “When two tribes go to war” March 18, 2011 Mustafa Qadri finds out for himself during a night patrol with members of an anti-Taliban militia in Pakistan that it’s kill or be killed. “Pakistan’s hurt locker” January 27, 2011 Peshawar is a hotspot [...]

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The following piece, on Pakistan’s deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, was published on ABC Unleashed today:

Lone Chief still waiting for justice

It was cold and windy in New York two Mondays ago when Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court, accepted his honorary membership of the New York City Bar Association. It was certainly a departure from the hot, humid pro-democracy rallies where Chaudhry has been demanding an independent judiciary in Pakistan ever since being removed from the bench in November last year.

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The following are my articles for Dawn newspaper in Pakistan: “Once and for all” 21 June 2009 (review of “The Responsibility to Protect” by Gareth Evans, a book that discusses the means and methods with which the international community may prevent and respond to mass atrocities) “Loewenstein delves into the Blogging Revolution” 10 May 2009. [...]

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Here are links to my articles for Foreign Policy in Focus (www.fpif.org): “Gaza Attacks: Murder with Impunity” 30 December 2008 “Pakistan’s Anti-Muslim Taliban” 15 September 2008 “Musharraf’s End: New Beginning?” 22 August 2008

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