Did the civilian administration of Pakistan during Zardari’s tenure gave intelligence information to the US on Osama bin Laden’s presence in the country, leading to the latter’s killing? Was the Pakistani military establishment kept out of picture in this Islamabad-Washington collusion? Did Husain Huqqani, then the Pakistani Ambassador to US facilitate this?
After a spate of horrific terror attacks in Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan has launched a new counter-terrorism offensive – Raddul Fasaad. The scope of the new military operation is larger than the previous Zarb-e-Azb. Will it succeed where Zarb-e-Azb failed? Or, will the Raddul Fasaad create more problems and have unintended fallouts for Pakistan?
Will the military courts get re-established? And what will be its long term political implications? For Nawaz Sharif, allowing the military courts to return may be a short term gain and based on political expediency. It will come back to haunt him and the subsequent democratic governments in the long term.
Gen Bajwa has been appointed as the new Chief of Pakistan’s Army. His predecessor’s (Gen Raheel Sharif) balance sheet on domestic and external fronts is complex. Though Sharif’s contribution to internal security are eulogised (rightly so on certain crucial issues), for an external observer, especially from India, what he leaves for Gen Bajwa is a tough legacy. Photo Source: The Express Tribune
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