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Pakistan, With Head Above The Water : Way The Cookie Crumbles
In my recent engagements in the realm of geopolitics, a recurring question has been the focus: Can Pakistan endure its current challenges? My unwavering response is a resounding “yes.” Pakistan, despite its fragile political and economic landscapes, has a history of resilience and survival. Voices from within Pakistan echo this sentiment, and international actors are…
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Déjà vu in Pakistan: The eerie similarities between 2023 and 1971
Pakistan is facing a complex set of political and economic challenges in 2023, which bear some striking similarities to the situation the country faced in 1971. In both cases, the popular electoral choice has been kept out of power, bad economic markers such as GDP and inflation have been on the rise, and regional identity…
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Surviving The Burnout: A Virtual Coup By The Pakistan Army Is Already In The Making
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd). From an existential angle, the situation in Pakistan is yet below the threshold, although the flow of events will remain unpredictable. Issues such as the fate of nuclear assets are not yet in reckoning because the Pakistan Army is still there. Signs of division in its ranks have…
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K2 Project and the Pakistani Senate
The K2 project, also known as the Kashmir-Khalistan conspiracy, has been the subject of much debate and speculation in recent years. Pakistan’s intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), is supporting separatist movements in the Indian regions of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. Government of Pakistan is sponsoring terrorism and destabilizing the region which has led to…
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Letter to IMF highlighting Pedophilia in Pakistan
In an attempt to highlight the issue of continuous, relentless and state supported violations of Human Rights of minorities in Pakistan centered around forced under-age marriages for the purpose of religious conversions, I have written a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) director – Ms. Kristalina Georgieva. Here is a copy of the letter