Pakistan stands at crossroads
The geostrategic environment around India has indeed become very murky and chaotic. Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar and Afghanistan are embroiled in flux and turbulence. Lankan imbroglio has geoeconomics dimension with China being the main catalyst for fiscal abyss and looming humanitarian crisis. Kathmandu is headed for elections under court-mandated caretaker government. Naypyidaw is still grappling […]
Anarchy & imploding institutions in Pak
Former prime minister Imran Khan has resumed his Haqiqi-Azadi (real freedom) March — second edition from Lahore to Islamabad, after week-long suspension. The pause was forced by attack on Imran on November 7, at Wazirabad (Punjab), by deranged maverick. The march launched on October 28 has paralysed Pakistan civic life. The fact that Imran survived […]
Gen Bajwa legacy and Pakistan Army’s new chief
Pakistan is staring at an abyss and imploding chaos in the long-term, but in the near-term, next week is certainly likely to define the course of the nation’s travails. Former prime minister Imran Khan’s Azadi March concluded on November 26 in Islamabad; Lt Gen Asim Munir, COAS designate was to retire on November 27, two […]