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On KSA, Pakistan and regional geopolitics ( A Thread )
"We have no eternal allies and no perpetual enemies. Only our interests are eternal and perpetual."
-Lord Palmerston
"We have no eternal allies and no perpetual enemies. Only our interests are eternal and perpetual."
-Lord Palmerston
State level Analysis
History
-Support during 90s sanctions
-Afghan War
-Gulf War
-Support in Wars with India
-Relations at their lowest ebb when KSA asked for Pakistani forces for Yemen
-Pivotal role in averting 2018 balance of payment crisis
History
-Support during 90s sanctions
-Afghan War
-Gulf War
-Support in Wars with India
-Relations at their lowest ebb when KSA asked for Pakistani forces for Yemen
-Pivotal role in averting 2018 balance of payment crisis
Nature of relations
2nd best relations with a strategic dimension since its inception
Economic Relations :
-3.5 B Bilateral Trade in 2018
-6.2 B emergency assistance in 2018
- ~ 3 M Pakistani workforce which forms a significant part of our remittances ( ~ $ 4 Billion )
2nd best relations with a strategic dimension since its inception
Economic Relations :
-3.5 B Bilateral Trade in 2018
-6.2 B emergency assistance in 2018
- ~ 3 M Pakistani workforce which forms a significant part of our remittances ( ~ $ 4 Billion )
Could someone explain the logic to us?
I should be allowed to speak against the State. I should be allowed to abuse institutions at my pleasure. I shouldn’t be held responsible for my words or actions, even if they incite violence, purposely.
What dreamworld is this, #Pakistan?
I should be allowed to speak against the State. I should be allowed to abuse institutions at my pleasure. I shouldn’t be held responsible for my words or actions, even if they incite violence, purposely.
What dreamworld is this, #Pakistan?
Anti-State behavior, whether in speech or in actions, is against the law. Whether you are #BRAS, #BLA, #TTP or #PTM, it didn’t change the rules.
You don’t get privilege because you call yourself a human rights activist, or any kind of activist for that matter.
You don’t get privilege because you call yourself a human rights activist, or any kind of activist for that matter.
#Activism, just like #lobbying, works within a set of rules and procedures. Stepping outside them means legal problems, including criminal issues.
When you make that choice - to work for another country’s interests, you lose sympathy. Doesn’t matter who it is.
#PakistanFirst
When you make that choice - to work for another country’s interests, you lose sympathy. Doesn’t matter who it is.
#PakistanFirst
Two mistakes:
1) When you blame the military for every vice & problem in #Pakistan, you are hands down the worst analyst/political commentator in the world.
It’s like you don’t know abt the corruption & extra-judicial killings of the 80s & 90s.
1) When you blame the military for every vice & problem in #Pakistan, you are hands down the worst analyst/political commentator in the world.
It’s like you don’t know abt the corruption & extra-judicial killings of the 80s & 90s.
During the 80s & 90s, #journalists, #police, & #bureaucrats were bought and sold at the behest of #NawazSharif & #BenazirBhutto.
#ShehbazSharif maintained his own killing squad to take out political rivals.
What rank in the military did they hold?
#ShehbazSharif maintained his own killing squad to take out political rivals.
What rank in the military did they hold?
During the 80s & 90s, judges were removed because the political leadership didn’t like their decisions.
CJP Sajjad Ali Shah was removed, even though he asked the military to help him. #PMLN stormed the #SupremeCourt.
Which General ordered this?
CJP Sajjad Ali Shah was removed, even though he asked the military to help him. #PMLN stormed the #SupremeCourt.
Which General ordered this?
