Countdown Interviews- General V. P. Malik: 2
ChrestomatherAG. Do you feel that it was an increased sense of security threat inside India that led to these tests? Gen. V.P. Malik. No there is no immediate…
Countdown Interviews- General V. P. Malik: 1
AG.: What was exactly the military logic behind the testing at this time. Are there any pressing security reasons? Gen. V.P. Malik.: Nuclear weapons are not military…
Countdown Interviews – Asma Jahangir: 8
Asma Jahangir on her early life:“I went to school here and then college - Kinnaird College - and then I took my law here. I am completely…
Countdown Interviews – Asma Jahangir: 7
AG:What can be done about human rights? Asma Jahangir:“A lack of institutions, and an institutional response. Asma Jahangir, Lahore 1998 At some point you have to depend…
Countdown Interviews – Asma Jahangir: 6
AG:“When these blasts happened in Pokhran, did you feel that they were an act of hostility directed at Pakistan?” Asma Jahangir:“Well frankly I felt…
Countdown Interviews – Asma Jahangir: 5
Electioneering, Kashmir, 1998 AG:“Would you say Kashmir is the principal problem between India and Pakistan or would you say that problems would remain even without Kashmir?” Asma…
Countdown Interviews – Asma Jahangir: 4
Kashmir, 1998 AG:“To come to Kashmir, how do you think this issue could be settled between India and Pakistan?” Asma Jahangir:“Frankly, I don’t think the two governments are…
Countdown Interviews – Asma Jahangir: 3
Shortly before August 29, 1998, when I interviewed Asma Jahangir Asma Jahangir, Lahore 1998 in Lahore, a Constitutional Amendment was introduced in Pakistan’s Parliament, the Majlis-e-Shoora, proposing…
Countdown Interviews – Asma Jahangir: 2
AG: “What would you say needs to change in Pakistan?” Asma Jahangir, Lahore 1998 Asma Jahangir: “First of…
Countdown Interviews – Asma Jahangir: 1
My essay Countdown, was written against the background of the Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests of May 1998. It appeared in The New Yorker of October 19,…