It is an established fact that Pakistan has placed all its eggs in one basket, which implies China and the China Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC). It’s deep state’s policy of supporting terror groups, enhancing internal fissures and increasing insecurity is such that the world has ignored Pak in its development, leaving it as a country deep in debt. Comments from […]
The recently concluded protest by members of the Tehreek Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYRA) led by Khadim Hussain Rizvi in Islamabad ended with the army brokering a peace deal, almost three weeks after it commenced and held the city to ransom. Post the orders of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), the government was compelled to employ force to dislodge protestors. […]
Background Post talks resolving the recent sit-in at Islamabad, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) lashed out at the Pak army on its role as a mediator in the crises. The army had been requisitioned by the centre to disperse approximately three thousand protestors belonging to the Tehreek Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLY) led by Khadim Hussain Rizvi. They had been […]
The release of Hafiz Saeed, from house arrest, just days before the 26/11 anniversary, had India up in arms, with the Indian foreign office adversely commenting on it. Though such an action by Pak was expected and hence the Indian government was not surprised, however it was the irony of the timing which impacted India. Pak resorted to release him […]
There were two recent incidents, one in India in Panchkula, where the supporters of Ram Rahim, the self-styled Godman had entered the city and camped for a couple of days before his sentencing and the other across the border, in Islamabad where protestors seeking reversal of amendments to the election act had been on a sit in since the beginning […]
An interesting question presently doing the rounds is on whether Pak can be isolated globally for its policy of supporting terror groups or its strategic importance would preclude such an action or would only international pressure make it behave, despite Trump’s rhetoric of threatening it and India’s strong diplomatic initiatives. Post the outburst of Trump, pushing Pak into depression, it […]
The recent statement, post the meeting between the Pak foreign minister, Khawaja Asif and the US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, included a comment indicating concerns about the future of Pakistan’s government. This announcement was made after inputs began flowing of a growing rift between the polity and the army, which holds sway over the country. The statement aimed to […]
Background The foreign minister of Pak, Khawaja Asif, acknowledged in the US that Hafiz Saeed, Haqqani network and the LeT are liabilities for Pak. He went on to add, ‘Give us time to get rid of them as we don’t have assets to match these liabilities.’ This is not the first time Pak has admitted that it supports terror groups. […]
The increasing trust deficit between Kabul and Islamabad (read Rawalpindi) has been evident in recent times. The address to the UN General Assembly by the Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani, was clearly directed towards Pakistan, compelling Pak to take recourse to the ‘right to respond’. Similar were his comments during his recent visit to India. India and Afghanistan signed, amongst a […]
I had written an article in ‘The Wire’ on 07Jan 17, entitled, “India, Pakistan and a tale of two army chiefs”, (https://thewire.in/97846/bipin-rawat-qamar-javed-bajwa-india-pakistan/) in which I had stated that the Indian army chief controls only the Assam Rifles, while the Pak army chief controls all para military forces within the country. Thus, the Indian army chief controls forces deployed to ensure […]