Author of 'Pakistan: Courting the Abyss', 'Pakistan: At the Helm' and 'Pakistan: The Balochistan Conundrum. Former Member National Security Advisory Board
Asim Munir’s elevation to Field Marshal is surprising. Rank of Field Marshal is normally conferred after military victory. This will probably be the first time that the rank has been conferred after a defeat! But this is #Pakistan! Done to mask the defeat.
In my book 'Pakistan: At the Helm' I mention the following- During his visit to Pakistan one of Ayub Khan’s aides borrowed Field Marshal Auchinleck’s baton. It was duly copied and Ayub declared himself ‘Field Marshal’. Auchinleck was angered by this and told Iskandar Mirza in
Gen Bajwa's saying 'Lets bury the past' means in Punjabi 'mitti pao', i.e India should forget all about Pak sponsorship of terrorism, forget Mumbai, Pathankot, Uri, Pulwama and everything else. But Pakistan, of course, will not forget Kashmir.
Worth watching & circulating. Three former Pak High Cmrs to India advocate that it is right of Pakistan to support an armed insurgency in Kashmir and it is legitimate as per international law ! Shows what these 'diplomats' were doing in India and how rattled Pakistan has become.
Three former ambassadors Ashraf Jahangir Qazi,Abdul Basit and Shahid Malik agreed on a point that whole world must support armed resistance of Kashmiris because it is legitimate according to the international law
Faced with Indian technology that blunted Pakistan’s drone swarms and broke through its Air Defence Systems, Who will now make the statement about ‘eating grass’ till they get the same technology!!! Just wondering! 😂
The contrast can't be greater. As per WB’s revised poverty standards, extreme poverty in India declined from 27.1 % to 5.3% & poverty from 57.7 % to 23.9 %. In Pakistan’s case, extreme poverty increased from 4.9% to 16.5% & poverty from 39.8% to 44.7%. Will Pakistan smell the
If this persists then in about 10 days time Pakistan will start facing a serious fuel crisis since about 14% of Pak fuel consumption comes from smuggling from Iran!
Presence of DG ISI in Kabul indicates Taliban have serious differences in govt formation that he, representing #PindiShura, is sorting out. This is proof that Taliban are Pak proxies who have ridden into Kabul on Pak shoulders.
#PakProxiesTaliban#PakInvadesAfghanistan
For those analysts praising Chinese weapons & technology & PAF’s performance on 07 May, I have a question. What happened to the technology & PAF on 8 & 9 ? How come they failed to protect Pak air bases allowing IAF to hit 11 of them in quick time and cause extensive damage? Am I