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Pakistan is a South Asian country and western neighbour of India. It was created in 1947 after being partitioned from India during independence. Founded as a Muslim-majority state, its early years were shaped by leaders like Muhammad Ali Jinnah, its founding father and first Governor-General, and Liaquat Ali Khan, its first Prime Minister.

The country has experienced periods of military rule, political instability, and economic challenges. Currently, Pakistan faces severe economic stress, marked by high inflation and external debt.

With India, although it shares a common past, and the water of the Indus and tributaries, it shares strained relations over longstanding border disputes. Pakistan has fought three wars with India, with border tensions persisting over Kashmir and historical grievances, including the creation of Bangladesh in 1971, further straining relations.

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Debdutta Chakraborty -
Pakistani journalist Zarrar Khuhro wrote that Article 243 has been amended five times in 'the ongoing struggle for control between the country’s civilian and military power centers.'

Asim Munir now has a Musharraf-style path ahead in Pakistan. It’s the 27th Amendment

Ayesha Siddiqa -
Pakistan has been buzzing with rumours around the 27th Amendment for months, but the cat came out of the bag this week when President Asif Ali Zardari...

Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

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Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

War was the norm between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Asim Munir is bringing it back

+TFP Praveen Swami -
Pakistan massively enhanced the funding for Islamists in Afghanistan, hoping to bury ethnic nationalism. That strategy has now backfired spectacularly.

Pakistan helped Afghans defeat superpowers — only to lose them to their nationalism

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
Pakistan failed to understand the fiercely independent psyche of the Afghans and Pashtun nationalism, which has dominated politics in Afghanistan since its emergence in 1747.

Türkiye is expanding its influence in India’s neighbourhood — after Pakistan, now Bangladesh

Rami Desai -
India is more adept at handling the complexities that China brings, but Türkiye may be somewhat of a ‘terra incognita’.

Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs joined under Sheikh Abdullah to defeat Pakistan, save Kashmir: Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru -
On 25 November 1947, a month after J&K’s accession to India, PM Nehru spoke in the Constituent Assembly, explaining the circumstances that led to India’s military intervention in Kashmir.

Did Pakistan really ban TLP? Experts say it’s a staged drama

Debdutta Chakraborty -
'It is practically impossible to permanently eliminate religious terrorist organizations...without also ending Pakistan Army’s illegitimate rule,' wrote a Pakistani journalist.

British, Soviets & Americans returned from Afghanistan. Pakistan, Munir need to learn from past

Praveen Swami -
As the two neighbours entered into ceasefire, it is unlikely to be a lasting solution. History and ideology, among others, will see Kabul and Islamabad at odds again.

America imagines Asim Munir is the cure to jihadism. He is the disease

+TFP Praveen Swami -
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