Category: Pakistan
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Discussion on Pakistan With Aadi
This is a free flowing discussion on the current situation in Pakistan
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Pakistan’s Unaffordable Extravaganzas by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Pakistan is in a cul de sac. Not for the first time in its history, its politics are in tatters. Its debt ridden society is more radicalised than ever. From a being net food exporter, it now imports food. Increasing water scarcity will increase its food insecurity. These factors are being compounded by unchecked population rise…
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Double Century In Pakistan : An Opportunity in Kashmir by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The news that one US Dollar has crossed two hundred Pakistani Rupees is a landmark in the history of the nation’s descent into chaos. In the past year the Pakistani rupee has lost 25% of its value and in just about a month it has lost 7%. Pakistanis have termed this double century as the blackest…
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GEOSTRATEGIC ZEBRAS AND FAULT-LINED DONKEYS by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Pakistan the land of Shaheeds, Ghazis and Niazis was the ultimate geopolitical Zebra. Fast paced, agile and surefooted on the international stage. Always the audacious centrepiece. Weaving a web of deceit around its adversaries who were to made look like dumb donkeys. When Imran Khan remarked that ‘if you paint a donkey with stripes…
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Generals Talk on Imran Khan's Future in Pakistan
Gen Dua, Aadi and I had a flowing discussion on the scenarios likely to evolve in Pakistan
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Balochistan : The Weak Heart of Pakistan By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Yesterday’s attack by Baloch rebels in which three Chinese academics were killed by a suicide bombing near the Confucius Institute in Karachi University will trigger many reactions in Pakistan. As per Dawn a new wave of terrorism has been unleashed in the country. Whilst there is widespread condemnation of the incident, its inevitability should not be lost. We…
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Pakistan Between Naya and Purana by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Opening Lines : Everyone knows that Pakistan is in turmoil. The Pakistanis also know that they are in turmoil. However this time around it is something else and at a level where Pakistan has not gone before. For the first time there are two army faces on the Pakistani chess board. The other factor is…
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Pakistan Vs Pakistan: Opinion from Their Media
Everyone in India has an opinion on Pakistan and its status. We are all experts on Pakistan. However, we need to see Pakistan from a Pakistani point of view. Look at it from any side – army, politics, economics or judicial – everyone is against the other -Pakistan vs Pakistan – at its very prime…
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Generals Talk on Future of Pakistan
As a new dispensation comes into power in Pakistan, we discuss the future as we can see it. Its not rosy at all.
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Pakistan : Predictably Unpredictable by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE FIRST POST Pakistan remains a predictably unpredictable nation. While its constitutional and political chaos makes instant headlines in India, it is nothing new. However the more important part is the impact for India irrespective of the outcomes in Pakistan. One has also to appreciate the situation in Pakistan in the larger…
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