NEW DELHI: The Pashtun ethnic faultline running through Pakistan has acquired a dangerous new dimension. Islamabad’s relations with the Taliban, a Pashtun force entrenched in Kabul since last year, has worsened with gun battles reported on their border. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan continues to attack the Pak army, exacting a grim toll and the Pashtun Tahaffuz […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, Sushant Sareen, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Sushant Sareen discusses General Syed Asim Munir, who takes over from General Qamar Javed Bajwa as the new Chief of the Pakistan Army on November 29, the implications of the Hafiz-e-quran General for […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “Straight Arrow” or “Mullah General”? Both descriptions have been ascribed to Lt Gen. Asim Munir, who was named as the next army chief by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday. Straight Arrow because he is known to call a spade a spade, but also because reportedly, as ISI chief, he told then prime minister […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In a democracy, the appointment of army chief would at best be described as procedural but in Pakistan, a country that has seen army rule for over three decades and where the army calls the shots even when it is not in government, picking the next chief seems as important as a general […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The U.S.-Pakistan relationship, which was on the rocks till Imran Khan was ousted as Pakistan’s PM in April this year, has seen a reset of sorts ever since. There have been clear indicators of a new-found affinity between the two countries. The tottering Pakistani economy has somewhat stabilized due to revival of a […]Read More
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