Tag: Pakistan
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Trump’s Oil Discovery in Pakistan, Global Disorder & India’s Options for India
#Trump has created #GlobalDisorder with his #tariff #regime. He has targeted #India for some startling reasons. In the process he has lost India as a #strategicpartner. Over and above that he boasts of #Pakistan as his new ally where he claims to have discovered massive #oildeposits. Overall where is this story heading?
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India – Pakistan Nuclear Dyad: Space for Conventional Ops
#Pakistan’s #deterrence vis a vis #India based on #nuclearblackmail broke down completely in #OpSindoor. Their notion of controlling the #escalatory matrix and use of #tacticalnuclearweapons to blunt India’s “#Cold Start’ doctrine went out of the window. Pakistan has suddenly realized that the #space for #conventional ops has widened and its nuclear capability is practically useless.…
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THE DECEIVER’S GAME IS BACKFIRING ON PAKISTAN
#Munir the #Deceiver has put #Pakistan in a fix. China is upset and US is not yet bailing him out. His personal ambition to become the #President is gaining traction by the day. The situation in #baluchistan and #KPK is out of control. #Resources are non existent. #InternalDissent in the #PakistanArmy is on the rise.…
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A Comparative Review of Operations Sindoor and Vijay (Kargil)
Lt Gen P R Shankar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd) When I was asked to write on this topic, I knew it would be tough. How does one compare apples with oranges? That is the difference between Operation Vijay and Operation Sindoor. They are as different from each other as chalk with cheese. These operations were…
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CHINA PAKISTAN BANGLADESH AXIS
The #China #Pakistan #Bangladesh axis which seems to be developing needs to be watched. While China and Pakistan are gung ho about it, Bangladesh has reservations. China and Pakistan want to establish a South Asian system without India. They want to rope in Nepal, SriLanka and Maldives too. The weak link is Bangladesh. It needs…
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ANOTHER COUP IN PAKISTAN?
Is #Pakistan on the verge of another #coup? It appears that #AsimMunir is in a hurry to become the president of Pakistan and effect a soft #ConstitutionalCoup before the sheen of his imagined victory wears off. He is a man driven by personal ambition and ruthlessness in achieving his aims. The rest does not matter.…
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PAKISTAN’S NEW NORMAL
As a consequence of India establishing a new normal post Op Sindoor, Pakistan has also moved into a new normal. The new normal is based on age old attributes of Pakistan which do not change. However there are new issues which have come up and these need to be factored into our planning when we…
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The Rant of a Hybrid Dictator
THE RANT OF A HYBRID DICTATOR is the coming out party of Pak’s latest mil ruler. It was sight to see the puppet PM sitting obediently like a dog waiting for its bone.
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बलूचिस्तान: पाकिस्तान का कमज़ोर दिल
Covered two aspects1. Pakistani loot of Baluchi resources2. The political & security situation is now beyond the control of PakistanArmy.The Pakistani state does not control the night!Under these conditions Can Pak hold on to Baluchistan with only maximum force and in the absence of any political outreach?
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A CONVERSATION ON BALOCHISTAN
The situation on ground in Balochistan is worsening. Media blackout by Pakistan has ensured nothing goes out. However in this day and age, news filters out. This is a conversation with Bahot Baloch a journalist in Balochistan who gives an accurate account how the ‘HARD STATE WHICH IS HARDLY A STATE’ is dealing with the…
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