Pakistan cannot finish off the Islamic State and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan without doing the same to groups the government is comfortable with
American snarls drive Pakistan into leaning heavily on China. Yet, more US boots in Afghanistan might require a rapprochement with Rawalpindi.
The SC’s hasty removal of Nawaz Sharif robs a chance to truly nail him. With a canny establishment planning its moves, Pakistan may return to political chaos.
India-Pakistan war-talk is now done by the armies, backed by a jingoistic media
A deeper design can be read in China’s cosseting of Masood Azhar
Gen Bajwa may be less of a military triumphalist, but, with his limited manoeuvrability before Islamists, he’ll continue to clean his yard and pet the useful jehadis.
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