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My comment was for all first-generation migrants. Their progeny are an altogether different story and I agree with you the bonds would be lessened.

Isn't that a generalization? I know of 90+ year olds of able mind and body. Why is there this assumption that if a Hindu becomes a Muslim, it is forced?

My thinking is that the timeframe will be similar to India's Rafale operationalization. We did not sort out optimal F-16 employment till 1986-88 timeframe which was almost 4+ years after the induction. I think the J-10 journey will not take that long given F-16 was a generational upgrade for...

How do you "force" convert a 95 year old women? Has reason taken flight?

"PAF isn't gonna use a fighter that it's unsure of." We are unsure of every fighter we get initially. Half the battle is to learn optimal employment. I don't think being unsure is the main issue. After all, each aircraft type is acquired after a lengthy lists of ASRs being met. The J-10C...

"This is not to suggest that I am good with a general making such calls when it is not his job, but I am reflecting the reality of our hybrid system of governance."

Hum tau dekh hi rahay hein, magar, while I don't blame you for lapping up the propaganda against the army by a segment of our very own society, Pakistani military has interests in military-industrial complex simply because we have to offset an adversary that takes away $70B a year to fund its...

Pakistan can manage the food crises too. I hope members realize that if push really came to shove, GoP can nationalize a lot of the agri-food sector industries and manage the production, supply and distribution of staples on war footing. Pakistan produces sufficiently enough to not have a...

What do the families of khaki have anything to do with this? Silly wishes and insha'Allah's have no place in sane minds. That won't happen even if the country defaults. National security will always trump other expenses even if it means not having the ability to finance capital expenditures...

Good post, but listen, Pakistani diaspora will NEVER stop thinking about the country with their hearts. You all should keep in mind that a large proportion of what was called the "silent majority" supported Musharraf as well. That too came to pass and many people were sad, dejected with the...

Each country is different. Pakistan's fault lines are different than India's. Where Pakistan has 6 or so major ethnicities and India over 50, it took only 3 for Yugoslavia to not work well and split up (not suggesting the same for either Pakistan or India). So the issue is not how many or how...

What has that got to do with the misleading rumors of rapes?

Unfortunately, I am well aware as are most here...have seen all sorts badmashi by law enforcers first hand.

Baday #2 harbay hotay hain in k pas. When push comes to shove, the reality is that Pakistani politics are not for shareef/decent people.

That is not true. Most of the current crop of Brigadiers probably have their sympathies for PTI and this cohort will be the vanguard of the senior leadership in the next 3-5 years. Like I said, accusations of rape are extremely serious. Even the detention of women is bad enough, so these...

It does not matter, they came through the vote of the public at that time. Once in office, the public needs to find whatever means to hold them accountable. That video is at least 2-3 years old and the officer in question was arrested and fired from his police job but it had nothing to do with...

It does not matter if she was in the demonstration or drove someone. She has to be seen as storming the Corps Commanders residence and inciting people to do so. Many of the arrests are being done with a broad brush approach. I sympathize with all those who went out to demonstrate IK's illegal...

Yar, that is a bit unfair to pile everything at the door of the incumbent. While he has his faults with the current political, domestic situation, how is he responsible for the attacks on FC positions across our frontier with Afghanistan? What goes on there has been shaped by decades of our...

Let's not make fun of these things. The gentleman on the other side is a father of a shaheed. He is giving bosa to the hand of the CoAS to thank him for the support that army provides to the kin of shuhada. Every country can make a turnaround even if it defaults. Take a look at Greece. Think...

The laws that suit the needs of the power that be. I never said laws are being applied uniformly. Might is right is what seems to be happening. This Army act thing is bogus....it will run out of steam in the next few months on account of the challenges it will face in the civilian courts...