Maruf Khwaja was born in India, was raised in Pakistan, has travelled and worked around the world, and now lives in England. He has been a journalist for forty years, and is the author of an unpublished autobiography, Being Pakistani.

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The reaction to Benazir Bhutto's death in Pakistan - and the selection of her student son to lead her party - reveal the depth of the country's crisis, says Maruf Khwaja.

As a small child, Maruf Khwaja’s life was transformed by the carving of his mother country into two nations, India and Pakistan. He recalls a time of terror, and a journey to survival.

(This article was first published on 19 August 2004)

The Lal Masjid siege has intensified Pakistan's spiral of violence and emboldened its Islamists, says Maruf Khwaja.

The ultimate source of the crisis surrounding Pervez Musharraf is the failed state of Pakistan itself, says Maruf Khwaja.

The wearing of the face-veil by a minority of Muslim women in Britain must be seen in the light of an Islamist political project, says Maruf Khwaja.