To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
Court-martial proceedings were initiated against Hameed last year. Brigadiers Naeem Fakhar and Ghaffar served under Hameed during his controversial tenure. All three are in military custody.
The ARFC is meant to be a dedicated force for conventional missile & rocket systems, & will include cruise missiles, rockets, ballistic missiles & Pakistan’s planned hypersonic missiles.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Speaking at black-tie dinner in Tampa, Pakistan army chief Asim Munir, ThePrint has learnt, also said, ‘we will wait for India to build a dam, and when it does so, we will destroy it with ten missiles’.
Two police and one army officer injured in the operation were rushed to hospital. The joint operation was based on intel about terrorists in Shinawari Zargari, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Islamabad knows it cannot take Kashmir by force, and yet it persists in waging a war without an end. To give up the conflict would mean giving up the idea on which the project of Pakistan rests.
Munir presented the framed painting, which shows striking resemblance to a Chinese military drill, as a gift to PM Shehbaz Sharif at a dinner last week hosted by the Army chief.
Even though the Western media sometimes gives the impression that young Saudis overwhelmingly back Prince Salman’s efforts, some data suggest there is a deep pool of resentment.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
Could it happen in India?
Shekhar’s analysis of why it hasn’t is rather superficial. India has been a hard law and order state at least since Indira Gandhi. But that alone wouldn’t have saved us.
And while revolutions have failed, Indian has had its share of long running insurgencies.
There has been a long running populist streak in all governments that has kept the masses in check.
Distributed and organized government at multiple levels has also helped keep a single rebellion from toppling all order.
But could it happen in India?
Absolutely! Just enact policies that begin to hurt the bottom line of our huge middle classes a bit severely, and before long you will have a revolution.
Consider the fiscal cost of a hard state. An $ 80 billion defence budget for a status quo power and a developing country which has many competing claims over its resources, including education and healthcare. One million men – more women now – in its Central Armed Police Forces. For a democracy where there is no disconnect between the government and the people. Not making a case for pacifism. Why were Nepal’s young so upset. Why so much disaffection in Bangladesh. Can we be completely sanguine that similar grievances do not exist in India, which need to be addressed thoughtfully.
Could it happen in India?
Shekhar’s analysis of why it hasn’t is rather superficial. India has been a hard law and order state at least since Indira Gandhi. But that alone wouldn’t have saved us.
And while revolutions have failed, Indian has had its share of long running insurgencies.
There has been a long running populist streak in all governments that has kept the masses in check.
Distributed and organized government at multiple levels has also helped keep a single rebellion from toppling all order.
But could it happen in India?
Absolutely! Just enact policies that begin to hurt the bottom line of our huge middle classes a bit severely, and before long you will have a revolution.
Consider the fiscal cost of a hard state. An $ 80 billion defence budget for a status quo power and a developing country which has many competing claims over its resources, including education and healthcare. One million men – more women now – in its Central Armed Police Forces. For a democracy where there is no disconnect between the government and the people. Not making a case for pacifism. Why were Nepal’s young so upset. Why so much disaffection in Bangladesh. Can we be completely sanguine that similar grievances do not exist in India, which need to be addressed thoughtfully.