Stories written by Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

BOOKS-PAKISTAN: Between a Rock and a Hard Country

By Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
It is almost obligatory these days to subtitle books on Pakistan with some conjunction of 'failed', 'dangerous', 'lawless', 'deadly', 'frightening' or 'tumultuous'. Pakistan is a 'tinderbox', forever on the brink, in the eye of the storm, or descending into chaos. It is an 'Insh'allah nation' where people passively wait for Allah.

Rise of the “Flexians”

By Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
In 2005, ahead of the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Irish rock star and philanthropist Bono dedicated a concert to Harvard economist Jeffrey Sachs for his services to global poverty alleviation.

POLITICS: U.S. in Pakistan’s Mind: Nothing But Aversion

By Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
To the west of Peshawar on the Jamrud Road that leads to the historic Khyber Pass sits the Karkhano Market, a series of shopping plazas whose usual offering of contraband is now supplemented by standard issue U.S. military equipment, including combat fatigues, night vision goggles, body armour and army knives.
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