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...solo show in Oxford's Modern Art museum, which includes his delicate rendering of a bearded mullah blowing bubbles. In 2003, Qureshi and five other NCA graduates collaborated on Karkhana, a set of miniature postcards decorated with gorgeous shows of power: thrusting missiles, cloven-hoofed mullahs, and Musharraf and Bush cast as Mughal emperors...
Having fought three wars against Pakistan, India pays close attention to the turbulent politics of its neighbor. And none of Pakistan's many coups and periods of martial law has caused as much apprehension in New Delhi as the recent actions of President Pervez Musharraf. India's security establishment views Musharraf's political troubles from the perspective of regional stability, sharing with Washington the concern that priority be given to the campaign against the forces of Islamist fundamentalism in Pakistan. To the extent that enforcing emergency rule occupies the security forces, Indian security experts say, the danger increases of escalating...
...Still, India has been careful to avoid condemning Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule, and has refrained from demanding the restoration of democracy. New Delhi is reluctant to denounce the man it has come to reluctantly regard as its best chance for peace with its neighbor, whether fleeting or long-lasting. Indeed, New Delhi's relations with Islamabad have lately been better than ever. A four-year peace process launched under Musharraf has reduced cross-border infiltration by militants onto the Indian side of the Line of Control that divides Kashmir, and has also led to sizable gains in cross...
...know Pakistan's battle against terrorism has implications for us in India," says political commentator Manoj Joshi. "The dialogue with Musharraf has been, perhaps, the most sustained and productive ever. So I think there is a feeling that we should do nothing to simply blow it away." More importantly, India's avoidance of demanding a return to democracy in Pakistan may be attributed to the long-standing belief that to do business with Pakistan, one has to deal with the army. "The army is the only political party worth its name in Pakistan," says Ashok Behuria, research fellow...
...purpose just as well. Last week's visit to Pakistan by Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte was followed with much interest in India. Some analysts saw his meeting with Lt. Gen. Ashfaq Kiyani, tipped to be the next army chief, as preparation for what would follow after Musharraf steps down as Army Chief of Staff. "The most unfortunate scenario would be if, post-elections, the Pakistan army's support should get divided between Musharraf and Kiyani," says Behuria, "The army is what keeps Pakistan together and brings a measure of stability to an otherwise highly unstable political scenario. Hence...