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In Pakistan. Afghanistan is another ball game altogether.

That is what we have been talking about under this thread, or at least a few of us.

If these projections hold merit, why is the textile policy still not being unveiled which could give confidence to manufacturers to expand capacity at an even quicker pace?

He did note that grudgingly about SK. The point about the electoral cycle was not made by him. His idea is something that has not been tried before. Import quotas linked to exports is something that could actually work and push manufacturers to begin churning exports rather than seeking rent...

What shifting the goalpost? The very tweet OP shared says that any attack by TTP in Pakistan would result in retaliation against its bases in Afghanistan. I am saying that you just have to wait for a few days to see if there is any merit in this claim or not as TTP is carrying out attks daily...

That is not entirely factually accurate. In 47-48, PAF was given a go-ahead to strafe safe heavens of Faqir of Ipi's (proto TTP) insurgents in Afghanistan. Pakistan does not do so, not because of some lofty ideals today, but the fact that it has 3 hostile neighbors and simmering lands West of...

Ah yes....the wait now. People make themselves so so so important. Will tag you whenever there is a next attk from TTP and a thread is made here. If wishes were horses, folks would have entire stables in their names.

We both are here, let's wait. I would ask you again in a few months. I was not referring to myself, BTW.

Serious observers of the region have rubbished any such demand or ultimatum. I would recommend exercising caution lest frustration grows further when no such thing transpires in months to come.

Any political government will never disturb the cart in our political economy. A broad-based consensus on how the economy would be run and commitment from all political, judicial, and military establishment stakeholders is necessary for any elected government of the day to undertake the...

What is worth talking about here is that the splintering of these groups does not work. TTP was weakened considerably, but Jamaat Ul Ahrar continued its attacks. When all TTP splinters merged, it was able to attain a high operational momentum again. Hence, splintering these groups using various...

They can make these policies provided there is broad-based consensus. Right now, there are too many spoilers in the system (judicial, military, religious, political) who capitalize on the disgruntlement of elements whose privileges come under the scalpel of reform. What is needed is a whole of...

Why is this being even discussed under a thread on an indigenous effort to develop a5th Gen fighter aircraft? I mean is it not amusing that we are discussing foreign procurement prospects that include some projects that are still in embryonic stages in other countries under a thread that was...

You might be onto something here. When in power desire meets the realities of a rentier political economy. The only solution to that conundrum is the charter of the economy as I have mentioned above. A political government will always be forced to look at ways to get through an electoral cycle...

Precisely, ideas like these shared through the course of this interview were why I shared it so we can have a discussion on these ideas. Miftah was sworn in in the last year of the PML govt as the FM. PML under Sharifs is like a family business. Dar and Sharifs have familial links (Sharif's...

Dar was responsible for keeping PKR overvalued, not him (under him PKR was allowed to devalue in fact, do check). He was sworn in as the finance minister in the last year. Can't expect him to undo the incremental damage of 4 Dar years. Regardless, this interview was shared not for any political...

Listen to purely technical aspects of the discussion filtering out political partisanship (which is already limited in the exchange). It is a very thought-provoking interview. Refreshingly, someone cites solutions.

Sniper in Balochistan's terrain could himself be taken out first even if the post has been established at the highest ground. There is no solution other than a brute force operation to troubles in Balochistan. Unfortunately, there are no numbers for that as Panzerkeil indicated. We are trapped...

Chitral, Bannu, Tank, Islamabad, Lahore, (Entire Balochistan barring few pockets of Pushtoon belt) and yet you do not see a single slide on your TV screens talking about these attacks. Entire twitter knew what had transpired but media was allowed to open its beak after hours on Kech carnage...

This should be the policy, kill their families in Pakistan and abroad as well.