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http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/19/world/asia/pakistan-prime-minister/

 ‘Prime Minister of Pakistan Disqualified by the Supreme Court’ The news fits well in the story of Pakistan.

The story of Pakistan in fact is a story of many ironies – A country created for the Indian Muslims failed to maintain Islam as the binding force, as in 1971 its East Wing separated.  Pakistan failed with democracy but it succeeded in making atomic bombs.  It is the first Muslim country to possess nuclear arsenal; it is also notorious for selling its nuclear technology.  Since September 11, 2001 Pakistan remains a staunch ally of United States in its war against terrorism but it is also suspected of protecting Al Qaeda.  Foreign archaeologists continue to reconstruct its past in the ruins of its ancient cities while NATO forces bomb its region bordering Afghanistan.  Sufi saints, once hailed as the keepers of Islam, are being labeled un-Islamic as suicide bombers target their shrines.   Things are getting dangerous, slogans of nationalism are increasing in Balochistan.  There are talks of bifurcating Sindh on ethnic basis.  Should this be happening in the province, where least blood was shed during the Partition, where refugees from India were welcomed and accommodated, where Hindus were not driven out and where the largest Hindu population continues to live. The country is also facing war on several other fronts Islam versus Islam, judiciary versus executive, army versus civil governments. Today the Supreme Court has disqualified the Prime Minister and the federal cabinet is dissolved. On the external front US-Pakistan relations are deteriorating.  What next?