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Pakistan in Crisis, November 16, 2009
With a stockpile of over 80 nuclear warheads, a rapidly collapsing state, and an army and intelligence service severely contaminated with Islamists, Pakistan represents perhaps the single biggest security challenge of the 21st century.
Pakistan: Origins of a Failed State, November 18, 2009
Today’s Pakistan is at war with itself, torn between competing ideas of what it means to be Pakistani. This failure to create a humane or liberal nationalism has its roots in Pakistan’s foundation.
Pakistan: It Could Not Succeed Unless India Failed, November 18, 2009
From its foundation, the primary challenge to Pakistan’s sense of itself came from India. India’s success at forging a nationality out of its diversity stood as a towering repudiation of the very idea of Pakistan.
Pakistan: A Mecca for Radical Islam, December 6, 2009
For decades, Washington has mistakenly believed that by funding Pakistan, it was propping up “Western-minded” leaders who would thoroughly oppose fanatical religious forces. Instead, since its creation, Pakistan has been a center for the Islamist movement.
Pakistan’s Army: Building a Nation for Jihad, December 7, 2009
The Pakistani army, the nation’s most powerful institution, has never been the modernizing force the West believed it would be. Instead, after seizing power in a coup, the army implemented a national program of Islamic indoctrination.
Pakistan: American Weapons in the Service of Jihad, December 11, 2009
Pakistan’s relationship with America has always followed the same pattern: The army accepts American military aid while allying itself with the very enemies it had been paid and equipped by the U.S. to oppose.
Pakistan’s Army: Waging Jihad Against Other Muslims, December 13, 2009
Pakistan’s 1971 civil war constitutes the single most terrible slaughter of Muslims since the founding of Islam – committed entirely by Muslims.
Pakistan’s Descent into Genocide, December 14, 2009
No individual bears greater responsibility for the genocide in Pakistan in 1971 than Zulfi Bhutto, who refused all political compromises and maneuvered the government and army into civil war.
Pakistan: Committing Genocide Against Fellow Muslims, December 19, 2009
In 1971, assisted by 13 battalions of mujahideen, Pakistan’s soldiers slaughtered three million people over 9 bloodcurdling months.
MrPerkins // Mar 17, 2010 at 9:53 am
Mr Kapil please try to at least have some vestige of journalistic integrity and impartiality when you write.
As a Hindu Indian nationalist and Indian secret services mouthpiece your declaration of Pakistan as a “failed state” and frequent calls for its break up are hardly suprising.
You really shouldnt insult your readers intelligence like that
Perhaps you ought to ponder that India with its 900 million “untouchables” living in slumdog abject poverty, totally overshadowed by the all important 70 million middle class, is the “Failed state”. As the economic disparities increase India will likely break up into smaller states. Punjab will fall. Assam and West Bengal . But first it is likely to be Kerala
Only today the BBC carry a report on this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8546952.stm
Kerala defies all stereotypes of a typical socially backward Indian state – that is the 900 million population of this failed state i mentioned, namely swathes of people living in abject poverty, men outnumbering women because of female foeticide which hinduism encourages and islam in India stopped,and internecine caste politics and discrimination against minority religions
saptarshi // Mar 21, 2010 at 6:44 am
@mr perkins , firstly please read the following “India’s failing secularism”,also by same author,available at www. guardian.co.uk. Next, i would like to know where did u find this gem”India with its 900 million “untouchables” living in slumdog abject poverty, totally overshadowed by the all important 70 million middle class, is the ‘Failed state’. How can one ascertain who is the failed state,visit wiki perhaps?oops, pakistan has been featuring itself among the 10 top failed states in the world,for 4 years.The statistics u gave r staggering, so to say. I understand u r pakistani,but still do not believe everything zaid bhai says. India is poor,no doubt,but in comparison to pakistan we are in much better state in eleminatimg it. For example, we do not make the worlds costliest electricity.And tlking about caste politics, I just heard this joke,
How can u identify an Ahmadiyya in Pakistan?
He will be the one hanging from a lamppost.
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