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Nice post.
Bhai Sahab,
Dogar Sahab’s term ends this March. So what prophecy.
For rest, specially seeing the response of a biased sample of readers of this blog, Sheikh Rasheed’s saying sums it all “khawahishon ku khabar banana”.
End of load-shedding in Pakistan:)
None of the above! I did vote for only one option: ‘All out war against India’ but that, too, not with enough conviction.
As @Riaz ul Haq says below, the new Obama presidency will be a major factor in Pakistan’s internal dynamics. If the ‘moderate’ Talibans are accomodated in Kabul and Islamabad then the threat of terrorism against Pakistan goes down a few notches and which, in turn, will only help Pakistan’s economy. Similarly, if Obama manages to bring India and Pakistan to some agreement on Kashmir at least on interim basis then even better for this region. If not then, I am afraid, ‘surgical strikes’ by India will trigger an all out war.
Related to what I say above, I’d like to posit a question: Has there ever been an extended period like today’s in Pakistan’s 60+ year old history where Pakistani economy and internal security been subjected to so many foreign forces’ influence in Pakistan? I can’t think of any other period like today’s. While the anti-Soviet Jihad of the 80s lasted a decade Pakistan was well protected by Western military and economic help/guarantees and so Pakistani economy at least stayed afloat. No such help anymore.
Pakistan and Pakistanis are likely to continue to suffer until they settle or at least put into backburner the issue of Kashmir. Pakistanis also need to define the extent of religion in their body politic.
PS. I see a bunch of people who have voted for the military coup, whether wishing for it or not. If that were to happen, which flavor of Muslim League is going to be co-opted this time by the Generals? You know, even Zia ul Haq had to have some politicians as the civilian face of his rule.