None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.
The sentiment behind 'enemy property' has changed over the years, most significantly in 2017, when an amendment completely prevented Indians from laying claim to ancestral properties.
While PM Modi has attacked previous govts for fighting terrorism with dossiers, its use was institutionalised by Vajpayee govt. Policy succeeded more than many can grasp.
His worldview was shaped by the foundational logic of Pakistan — that its people could preserve its purity only in a separate State achieved by mutilating India.
Delhi-born Musharraf served in 1965 India-Pak war & fought in 1971. When choosing him as Army chief, PM Nawaz Sharif had little inkling that Kargil war & dictatorship would follow.
An ailing Musharraf wants to ‘spend rest of his life’ in Pakistan, and Nawaz Sharif — whom he had ousted in a coup — wants to the government to facilitate the return.
Dictator Musharraf badly damaged Pakistan: Assassination of Benazir, 26/11 attacks in India and the US Navy SEALs raid that killed Osama in Abbottabad. But he believed he was a democrat.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
Shekar, stop writing about Pakistan! They are a lost cause. I would appreciate if the funding is put in to the development of India against Chinese economy and military aggression. I don’t see a point in analyzing a nation that is going no where. China, has transformed itself in to a global power. I want us to get compared, criticized and show a path to becoming China.
Pakistan is scripting its future and destiny. Its economy remains a soft spot. With all the power of the armed forces ( three services ) and the civilian government, General Munir has no solutions. If there is popular discontent, that opprobrium will travel to him. 2. As far as India is concerned, for better or worse, there is now one clearly designated individual to talk to. Not Shehbaz Sharif. Unless there is a desire to let things drift to war, it may be time to start a limited dialogue, to stabilise what has become a very fraught situation.
Shekar, stop writing about Pakistan! They are a lost cause. I would appreciate if the funding is put in to the development of India against Chinese economy and military aggression. I don’t see a point in analyzing a nation that is going no where. China, has transformed itself in to a global power. I want us to get compared, criticized and show a path to becoming China.
Pakistan is scripting its future and destiny. Its economy remains a soft spot. With all the power of the armed forces ( three services ) and the civilian government, General Munir has no solutions. If there is popular discontent, that opprobrium will travel to him. 2. As far as India is concerned, for better or worse, there is now one clearly designated individual to talk to. Not Shehbaz Sharif. Unless there is a desire to let things drift to war, it may be time to start a limited dialogue, to stabilise what has become a very fraught situation.