Category: Pakistan
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ORDINARY PAKISTANI BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
JUST IMAGINE THE LIFE OF AN ORDINARY PAKISTANI. NEVER A DULL MOMENT. NEVER A MOMENT OF PEACE. NEVER KNOWS IF THEIR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO COME BACK FROM SCHOOL. NEVER KNOWS IF HE CAN AFFORD HIS NEXT MEAL. ALWAYS AT THE MERCY OF WHOM HE HAS CREATED. READY TO BE FLICKED AWAY LIKE A FLY.…
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THE NEW FORMULA – E+P1+P2+P3 = PAKISTAN by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The ongoing rallies by the opposition PDM are different for a very subtle reason. For the first time, the existence of Pakistan Army as the ‘State above the State’ has been acknowledged and ratified by the nation. No more ‘Deep State’ or behind the scene action. It is now called the ‘Establishment’. Hereafter the Pakistan Army has…
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DAWN IN A DUSK IN PAKISTAN By LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Pakistan is going through some turmoil again. Rare opposition unity, Nawaz Sharif naming the Army, Pak rangers kidnapping an IG of Police and speculation of chaos beyond the normal chaos. A new Pakistani dusk is dawning. Will there be a DAWN? Pakistanis do not know. They have never known. Pakistan entered a Tunnel of Perpetual Dusk…
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Water, Diamer Bhasha Dam and Sino-Pak Collusion By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also Published @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=376and https://thedailyguardian.com/china-fishing-in-troubled-pak-waters-to-needle-india/ Figure 1 Water Vs Population Beggars can’t be choosers. However, they do have a choice of place for begging. Yesterday, Pakistan begged at the US, Saudi and Gulf street corners. Today it is the Chinese, Turkish, and Malaysian street corners. Pakistan can beg for everything, but no one can give…
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THE OPPORTUNITY GIVEN BY THE DEMONS OF PAKISTAN BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Disappearing K Word When article 370 was abrogated on 05 Aug 19, Pakistan and its Prime Minister Mr Imran Khan went ballistic. They predicted war and nuclear holocaust. They predicted mass bloodshed when restrictions were lifted in Kashmir. They promised to stand by their Kashmiri brethren through thick and thin. They predicted an Intifada. In…
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FRONTLINES, FAULTLINES AND BATTLEGROUNDS OF PAKISTAN by LT GEN PR SHANKAR (R)
Frontline- Faultline-Battleground The post WW2 British colonial collapse left the ‘Great Game’ Imperialists with a quandary. How to stem the spread of communism of Soviet Russia? How to stop its confluence with India whose socialism was visible even then. A geostrategic wedge that would simultaneously connect and separate – the Middle East, Soviet Central Asia,…
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PAKISTAN: AN ARMY WITH(OUT) THE NATION! BY LT GENERAL P R SHANKAR (R)
It is said that a fish rots from its head https://m.economictimes.com/news/defence/7-pak-generals-teamed-up-with-sc-chief-justice-to-block-qamar-javed-bajwas-extension/articleshow/72322331.cms This article may please be read in conjunction with my earlier articles to get a better understanding https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/11/living-on-edge-by-lt-gen-p-r-shankar-r.html https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/09/pakistan-break-ke-baad-after-it-breaks.html Janus in the Dock It is well known that the Pakistan Army is like the two-faced Janus. It binds the nation and destroys it. The…
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LIVING ON THE EDGE BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
The Suspension When I read the news that the Supreme Court of Pakistan had suspended the extension given to Gen Bajwa as Army Chief, a coin dropped in the slot. The question which came to my mind – Is this happening? Where will it lead? Is it the beginning of the disintegration of Pakistan? Will…
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THE JIHAD OF U TURN KHAN
Any resemblance to living beings is intentional I am back from a great US trip! Everyone in Packistan loves me after my incisive short speech at the UNGA. I could have gone for another hour. The Muslim world is totally energised. I not only took their plane but upstaged the Saudis in the leadership of…
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LEADERSHIP BY U TURN
I was popularly known as Taliban Khan. I used to be very critical of Americans and their Af-Pak Policy. I felt that we were becoming a Chinese colony due to CPEC. I used to air views on Army atrocities in Baluchistan and KP. All that changed. When I was selected as the PM by the…
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