Pakistan Court Bars President's Rival From Office

This doesn’t look good. Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled that Nawaz Sharif was inel­i­gi­ble to hold elected office because of a prior crim­i­nal con­vic­tion — a con­vic­tion handed down by Per­vez Musharraf-appointed judges after Sharif was ousted in a 1999 coup. The New York Times explains the cause for resent­ment well: In an attempt to fore­stall the coup, Mr. […]

Welcome to InsurgencyWatch.com

Wel­come to InsurgencyWatch.com, a new blog deal­ing with Pak­istan, Afghanistan and other hotspots in the so-called “war on ter­ror.” While that nomen­cla­ture may be on its way out, the need to under­stand the emerg­ing threats around the world most def­i­nitely is in.