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It does not matter how grand they think they are...future holds a lot of uncertainties not the least of which is the growing conflict with China. At one point, all countries need to close down open fronts. As stated before, there should be no rush for Pakistan to push the peace process. I am...

Pipe-dreams. I would pick the harder path towards prosperity always rather than relying on natural resources. See the conundrum the Gulf countries find themselves in. Oil is running out for the UAE so they are running helter-skelter trying to diversify and employ their own citizenry who find...

We have nothing! Stop dreaming of riches under the soil or offshore. If it was easy, feasible, it would have been done. I repeat, we have NOTHING! The only thing going for us is surplus manpower. We have to put them to work and a quality human resource is better than any mineral deposits...

Nothing so far. The PDM government does not operate on the basis of democratic principles. In a democratic tradition, if you lose majority in two of the largest provinces of the country, that obviously means you don't have the confidence of the people. I think PTI operating on this thinking...

That is after 200+ years of existence as a country with countless wars, a massive civil war which killed 600,000 Americans, apartheid, civil rights and god knows how many other evolutions. We are a relatively young nation with a significant portion of our population that is uneducated and...

Peace with India should be made when we have stabilized and never from a position of weakness. Rest I agree with.

"They" did not use it too quickly. Debts were called in the timeframe after PTI government left the office. These debts would have come calling whether it was PTI or PDM in the office. IMF's $1B or even $500M is a vote of confidence for other institutions and countries willing to engage...

Darnomics working at breakneck speed on PKR valuation...:-):(

It maybe moth-eaten today, it won't be moth-eaten forever. All nations go through these ups and downs. We are no exception. Better days are ahead. The road ahead is hard but there is always light at the end of the tunnel. It is an impossibility for a nation that is the size of a quarter of...

This is where you are wrong. Just like IK had no magic wand, grant the same to others as well including generals like Musharraf. You wrote "Pakistan must allow everything west asks them to in order to keep haram money coming....this is what our bahadur Establishment has given Pakistan." What...

None of your questions remove the responsibility from either the military OR the sitting government of the day. TTP is an external affairs issue for Pakistan. It is next to impossible that the military would go alone on this without having the government of the day onboard or have its say. I...

You cannot continue giving a pass to IK on all things. This is not about whether he can "order" the military. Even in the US, it is the military that "advises" the government on what its recommendations are and then the exec makes a call. In most cases, the exec goes along with the military's...

I don't know when it got momentum but Gen TK mentions that TTP were moving families and assets back into our areas in the recent past. Either way, this should not have happened. They should have been blocked, made to surrender and accept Pakistan's constitution and failing that, destroyed.

His whole contention is that a decision was made, which shouldn't have been to allow the TTP back in. Guess when this decision was made? During PTIs rule when people (IK and Gen Bajwa) were on the same page. Don't put this on the army only. Assign responsibility to the collective operating...

Yes, quite possible but at least there is some talk of a plan...and not just "we will parachute in and within 60 days turn the country around" like the first time. There seems to be some maturity and acknowledgement that serious work is needed ahead.

Agreed, but hearing from Shaukat Tareen in past interviews and Miftah I., it will probably be a combo of IMF support as well as curbing imports and raising exports. Pretty straight-forward formula if fully implemented but in implementation lies the problem as highlighted above too. Gas...

Some insights on plans for reviving the economy if/when he makes a comeback to the PM House: Imran Khan Confident of Election Win, Backs IMF Role in Pakistan Imran Khan Confident of Election Win, Backs IMF Role in Pakistan Faseeh Mangi Wed, January 25, 2023 at 2:04 AM EST (Bloomberg) --...

A case of extreme polarization resulting in such divergent views.

I don't think the 5th generation warfare is nonsense. It is real but it was overhyped. Our adversaries use all tactics in the book as do we so 5th gen warfare (information warfare) is definitely part of this script. It is used in the current Russian-Ukraine war and has been put to good effect...

Only the gullible do. Our army, for good or bad is a reflection of us as a nation. The army is not a monolith in terms of its thinking and even though its grotesque existence may cause some haters perpetual heartburn, its discipline and monolithic approach to all things is necessary for the...