Ayesha Siddiqa is an Islamabad-based independent political and defence analyst. Her book, Military Inc: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy is published by Pluto Press (April 2007).

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The assassination of Pakistan's opposition leader reveals the truth of the country's "transition to democracy", says Ayesha Siddiqa.

Pervez Musharraf's power is now dependent on the very institution that has long guaranteed it, says Ayesha Siddiqa.

A nexus of military-political power at all levels of Pakistan's state and economy chokes the country's potential for democratic development, says Ayesha Siddiqa.