Here’s what’s happening across the border: Army spokesperson Asif Ghafoor reflects on country’s fault lines; Voice of America’s Urdu website reportedly blocked in Pakistan.
Here’s what’s happening across the border: Pakistan has no qualms about sharing loan details with IMF; leaders pay homage to human rights defender Asma Jahangir.
Here’s what’s happening across the border: Pakistan foreign minister alleges US blames it for upsetting Afghanistan’s stability; Pakistan government unveils new Twitter handle to tackle fake news.
The army spokesman said the National Security Committee, headed by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, will discuss the “misleading media statement” by Sharif.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
Pakistan has always been a hired gun. At the time of the country’s creation, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan’s creator, shamelessly invited the West to use Pakistan to stop Russia from reaching the warm waters of the Indian ocean. So, it is nothing new. Two years after Im the Dim swore that Pakistan will not be America’s hired gun anymore, things continue as they were. The truth is that Imran Khan as the prime minister has very little power in Pakistan. He cannot even change the color of the toilet paper in the PM’s office without Pak army’s prior approval. In Afghanistan, Pak is hunting with the hound and running with the hare. It supports the western troops by giving them transit facilities for their supplies thru the Karachi port, collecting blood money in transit fees. At the same time, it provides full support to the Taliban killers. Another example of being a hired gun. Many retired Pak defense personnel are fighting in Yemen for the Saudis, including their ex-COAS Rahil Sharif. Now, Pakistan is China’s hired gun. China aims its rifle at India on the Pakistani shoulders. Pakistan has no ideology. The country shamelessly sells itself to the highest bidder of the moment.
Pakistan has always been a hired gun. At the time of the country’s creation, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan’s creator, shamelessly invited the West to use Pakistan to stop Russia from reaching the warm waters of the Indian ocean. So, it is nothing new. Two years after Im the Dim swore that Pakistan will not be America’s hired gun anymore, things continue as they were. The truth is that Imran Khan as the prime minister has very little power in Pakistan. He cannot even change the color of the toilet paper in the PM’s office without Pak army’s prior approval. In Afghanistan, Pak is hunting with the hound and running with the hare. It supports the western troops by giving them transit facilities for their supplies thru the Karachi port, collecting blood money in transit fees. At the same time, it provides full support to the Taliban killers. Another example of being a hired gun. Many retired Pak defense personnel are fighting in Yemen for the Saudis, including their ex-COAS Rahil Sharif. Now, Pakistan is China’s hired gun. China aims its rifle at India on the Pakistani shoulders. Pakistan has no ideology. The country shamelessly sells itself to the highest bidder of the moment.