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Focuses on the political activity of Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the leader of the Jamaat-i-Islami Party in Pakistan. Protest conducted by the group; Political agenda of the group; Views on the adoption of Shariah law.

Presents photographs illustrating the evolution of political issues affecting Pakistan and India. Includes a discussion between Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru; Leadership of Pakistan grabbed by General Zia ul-Haq in 1977; Normalization talks in the travel of Indian Foreign Secretary Salman Haider to Pakistan on June 22, 1997.

Profiles four prominent persons from India and Pakistan to reflect the countries' journeys towards establishing national identities since the nations' independence in 1947. Role of journalist Ushta Mehta in spreading propaganda against the British colonial government in India; Involvement of retired general Mirza Aslam Beg in establishing Pakistan as a nation; Struggle for civil liberties by lawyer Asma Jahangir.

Reports on the challenges facing the administration of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Includes huge national debt and military budget which leaves little for development; Tax evasion; Political influence of the armed forces; Political and ethnic strife; Business lobby that wants better ties with India.

Deals with the nuclear test conducted by Pakistan in response to the test conducted by India. People killed by the test conducted by Pakistan; Features of the bombs tested by both countries; International reactions on the test; How the citizens of Pakistan supported the test. INSET: Centuries of distrust.

Features Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Comments on the leadership of Sharif; Implications of the disputes between Pakistan and India; Actions taken by the opposition parties; Information on the journey of Sharif to Saudi Arabia.

Focuses on the battle between Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah over power. Goal of Sharif to stay in office; Issue of independence of the judiciary.

Reports on the misfortunes besetting cricket star Imran Khan's Movement for Justice Party in Pakistan politics. Failure to gain any parliamentary seats in the February 1997 general elections; Increasing gap with middle-class professional members.

Presents an interview with Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Pakistan's national problems. Government relations with the Mohajir Qoumi Movement; Military concessions; Governance of national affairs; Violence in Karachi; Relations with the United States; Pakistan's nuclear program; Resolution of the Kashmir issue with India; Lessons from East Asia.

Examines the leadership of Nawaz Sharif as prime minister of Pakistan. Corruption charges against Sharif; Economic conditions in Pakistan; Focus of Sharif's government.

Reports the problems faced by the Pakistani government due to the crisis between the United States and Afghanistan. Views of Mian Muhammad Akram, chairman of the Islamabad Stock Exchange in Pakistan; Imposition of economic sanctions by the US government; Acceptance of businessmen on the decision of Pakistani leader General Pervez Musharraf to side with US.

Focuses on developments related to politics and government in Pakistan as of August 18, 2000. Campaign of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's wife Kulsoom Nawaz against the military rulers who deposed her husband; Factors working against the campaign.

Editorial. Comments on the impact of General Pervez Musharraf's government action in Pakistan to oust six of the country's Supreme Court justices. Concerns that Musharraf's military government is progressing towards a dictatorship; Signs of a dictatorship shown by Musharraf's administration.

Reports on the working visit of Pakistan's military ruler Pervez Musharraf to China in January 2000. Warm reception given to Musharraf by China's premier Zhu Rongji; Musharraf's seizure of power from former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a bloodless coup; Musharraf's political and economic plans. INSET: Defending the regime..

Reports on developments related to politics and government in Pakistan as of November 12, 1999. Coup d'etat's impact on civilian control of the country's nuclear weapons.

Focuses on political problems associated with India and Pakistan. Collapse of the Untied Front coalition in India; What caused the collapse; Rejection of a demand by the Front which was made by Congress; Information of charges brought against Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minster of Pakistan; Why Sharif was charged.

Presents an interview with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on political issues relevant to the country in the 1990s. Assessment of the country's socio-political achievements since its independence in 1947; Priorities in the government; Opinion on public enterprise.

Reports on Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's use of his Pakistan Muslim League's strong majority to strip the office of President Farooq Leghari of wide-ranging powers.

Presents a sampling from the Internet Newsgroups depicting the political conditions in Pakistan. Criteria for how voters decide on candidates; Questions posed on President Farooq Leghari's inaction to corruption in the government.

Reports on the support from Pakistan gained by the Taliban in its violent campaign for Islamic fundamentalism in Afghanistan. Testimony on military training given to Taliban's members by Hasan abu Hamid; Knowledge of support by the Pakistani government.

Reports on the characteristics of Pakistan's political system which makes it averse to needed reforms. Presentation by Shahid Javed Burki, financial adviser to the interim government, of a `revolutionary economic reform package'; Failure to rein the powerful landlords and the military; Problems with the government's finances.

Editorial. Asserts that the dismissal of Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto by President Farooq Leghari highlights the need for urgent political reform in Pakistan. Political corruption; Failure of the country's political parties to articulate to formulate effective public policies; Role of national census in bringing reforms.

Reports on the dismissal of Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto by President Farooq Leghari. Bhutto's political career; Charges filed against Bhutto; Inept handling of the country's finances; Corruption charges for Bhutto's husband Asif Ali Zardari.

Reports on scandals hounding the government of Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Fallout from a tough federal budget that imposes new taxes for 1996-1997; Political violence arising from the budget controversy; Corruption charges against Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari for allegedly buying an estate outside of London, England worth several million dollars.

Reports on the arrest of two military officers in Northern Pakistan who was found escorting a truck of Kalashnikov rifles and rocket launchers. Arrest of 37 other army officers; Speculations on the reasons behind the incident; Includes arrested military are advocates of transforming Pakistan into a fundamentalist Islamic state; Aborted coup-de-etat; Supply of arms to separatists fighting in Indian Kashmir.

Focuses on the impact of Pakistani cricket captain Imran Khan's marriage to British socialite Jemima Goldsmith on his chances as future prime minister of his country. International beauties linked to Khan; Goldsmith's conversion to Islam; Khan's public pronouncements that he would marry a Pakistani girl; Reactions of Pakistani politicians to Khan's marriage to Goldsmith.

Reports the firing of Iqbal Haider, Pakistan's minister for law and parliamentary affairs, by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Charges against him.

Reports on the request of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to postpone her trial to be able to prepare for her defense in a corruption case filed against her in Lahore High Court on July 27, 1998. Conditions of her family members.

Focuses on the violence which erupted in Islamabad, Pakistan, with emphasis on the government of Nawaz Sharif, prime minister of Pakistan. Circumstances surrounding the outbreak of violence; Indepth look at the political situation in the country; Reference made to the history of violence between Pakistan and Israel; How the Sharif government intends to tackle the problem of violence in the country.