“… Which country’s army operates housing schemes? The army’s job is to protect the country’s borders; not to participate in commercial activities. — Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, 2019

“It took Pak POWs of the 1971 war over two and a half years to be repatriated, they were but pawns in a bigger game”.

In a joint press conference held in Islamabad on November 14, 2020, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister [FM] Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Director General [DG] Inter-Services Public Relations [ISPR] Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar unveiled a dossier which supposedly contained “irrefutable evidence” of state sponsored terrorism being orchestrated by India against Pakistan.

Was reading up on the TLP fracas which is going on in Pakistan. I came across this great line – “Haar gaye toh shaheed, jeet gaye toh ghazi, surrender kar diya toh Niazi”. Familiar? Niazi’s and surrender in Pakistan are synonymous with each other.

Till last month Pakistan was the kingmaker. After all it had put the Taliban in the Afghan throne.

There were two major developments concerning Pakistan last week.