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This may not be a bad thing. Who will they (PPP) pass the buck to in a year's time when Karachi is just as ever or even more broken? In the past, for the PPP it was always someone else's fault that Karachi did not work. They held the purse strings and choked the city governments and mayoral...

It is still the establishment because the CoAS has the entire armed forces command (including the office of the CJCSC), the sitting government, bureaucracy and to a certain extent, judiciary aligned with the current direction and letting things play out. Establishment is not some shadowy...

The reality is that American equipment offers the most value for the money spent. If other things like sanctions, arm-twisting etc. were not in consideration and our general staff across the three services was given an option to pick American over Russian, they'd opt for American 90% of the...

Simply because there are Hindus who are citizens of our country and prior to 1947, our forefathers lived in India. Islam is what we practice in our lives. Why is there a need to shove this identity in everyone's face i.e. "I am a Muslim"? Why would I be "disrespectful" in owning up to my...

Because the establishment does not look at things as a zero sum game. The establishment could open the door of talks with IK because they *have* to think long term. Pakistan will remain destabilized for as long as a large portion of the population remains disenfranchised. The establishment's...

Why such insecurity? Listen, we can say the above till kingdom come, but there are linkages due to shared backgrounds and where many Pakistanis and their families come from. Yes, we are a distinctly different country, but we also share a common culture to a significant extent because we and...

No, it should not be discouraged and in any case, who are we as Muslims to discourage the religious/cultural practices of another religious denomination in Pakistan. Additionally, this event at QAU is indicative of population migration because Hindus etc. cannot be expected to remain cornered...

For what? Will MB apologize to the Bihari women and men?

Can you substantiate this claim of "rape"? What are the facts behind your assertion? Who are the victims? You used the plural "females". How many rape victims are there? Can we get some facts here?

To my Turkish and also Pakistani friends, Hosting refugees is not a bad thing. It is the right thing to do as responsible human beings. The issue is what sort of controls and mechanisms are in place when you host refugees. If you leave them be to do what they want, then many out of...

They can take more punishment too. Much heavier than Russian T-90/72 etc. This is why in Iraq war, the US side did not suffer that many Abrams getting knocked out. A lot of it comes down to employment tactics. Any armor without sufficient infantry or air cover is susceptible.

Not the first time western systems have been defeated on the battlefield by Russian ATGMs...Turkish Leopards in Syria, Saudi Abrams/Emerati Leclercs in Yemen are recent examples of the same.

This goes both ways. One cannot "antagonize" the entire security infrastructure of the country and then expect flowers to arrive from that side. Obviously, the current leadership sees what is happening to Bajwa et-al overseas and will most likely never leave Pakistan. More importantly, both...

We know what we need and we will find the means and the wherewithal to get it iA.

Very nice and idealistic..if you cannot understand what these are for then its a moot point in the first place. Pakistan needs all of the above. They are not mutually exclusive so let's stop spinning these fairy tales please.

There is always a way around things. Pakistan got the bomb despite people saying we were broke in the 1970s. Where there is will, there is a way. Pakistan will have nuclear powered submarine(s) in fleet prior to the end of this decade iA.

Its not just SM, the state has other options to push its "anti-state" narrative to the masses. Overall, a sad situation every which way.

I did not say the narrative will fade. If anything, army is aware of it and they see this anti-army sentiment/content snowballing. Any officer with children is becoming aware of what is being said even if they themselves are not on SM. However, I think the desired change won't necessarily...

People have been harping over social media...so very respectfully, so what? Social media exists for Egyptian diaspora and opposition as well. How much has that been able to change the situation? Not much. There is a limit and SM is no replacement for what people/activists do on the ground...

Thus the opportunity for PTI to make a comeback. We mustn't forget the dismantling of PML-N in not too distant a past.