Better to let ambitious civilian politicians like Khan take on the intractable problems, while the generals take care of themselves offstage. If Khan actually changes Pakistan in the ways that he has promised, it will be a greater miracle than any of those he achieved on the cricket pitch. By Steve Coll. By Alexis Okeowo. By David Rohde. The Daily The best of The New Yorker , every day, in your in-box, plus occasional alerts when we publish major stories. Enter your e-mail address.
Pakistan had successfully come off that list in , and no doubt could do it again, but it fears that political reasons may be behind a push to keep it on the grey list. The next few months will indicate the likely outcome. Relations with the United States will be crucial here, especially as Afghanistan has already come under Taliban control after the United States scrambled for the exit. This creates domestic problems for the Biden administration, and it may continue to blame Pakistan for supporting the Taliban.
If the United States and other Western powers withhold diplomatic recognition and economic aid from a Taliban-dominated government, Pakistan will face a tough choice. Should Imran Khan recognise the Taliban government and risk becoming an international pariah again?
Russia, China and the Arab states may yet give it political cover for recognition of Taliban rule in Kabul. Or that the other Western powers supported it, even if the US was lukewarm or against it.
In November , Khan will need to select a successor to his patron and partner in running Pakistan, army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. He appears to have built a close relationship with and dependence on a contender for the post — the current Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence, Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed.
In a confusing tweet, Rehman lamented the blood spilled during protests on the roads of Lahore and to see people carrying caskets from GT Road to Islamabad, while also calling for people to stand with the TLP. India needs free, fair, non-hyphenated and questioning journalism even more as it faces multiple crises.
But the news media is in a crisis of its own. There have been brutal layoffs and pay-cuts. The best of journalism is shrinking, yielding to crude prime-time spectacle. What else can explain the decision to auction off eight buffaloes for Rs 23 lakh! Their market value was just about Rs 1. Other items put up for sale included luxury cars including bullet-proof vehicles and four helicopters reserved for the use of the Pakistani cabinet. In many ways, this highlights the economic situation Pakistan is in today where every single penny counts, and yet there is enough money in Pakistan for individuals to be buying used goods at several times their value for sentimental reasons.
The existing military-business system [milbus] is a standalone academic study in full-fledged corruption by state elites.
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