The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Must Defend Pakistan Against Rogue Fellow Members of the SCO

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Must Defend Pakistan Against Rogue Fellow Members of the SCO

On November 23, three terrorists proclaiming loyalty to the so-called Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a group with long standing ties to India’s RAW attempted to storm the visa section of the Chinese Consulate General in Karachi. The three terrorists aimed to detonate suicide bombs while it was later revealed that they arrived in a car filled…

Chinese Consulate Attack Puts Pakistan Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Chinese Consulate Attack Puts Pakistan Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Two attacks in Pakistan, including a brazen assault on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, are likely to complicate prime minister Imran Khan’s efforts to renegotiate China’s massive, controversial Belt and Road investments as well as an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout and ensure that Pakistan is shielded from blacklisting by an international anti-money laundering and…

India’s Scapegoating Pakistan for Nepal Like the US Does for Afghanistan

India’s Scapegoating Pakistan for Nepal Like the US Does for Afghanistan

Neither allied Great Power can admit that their own missteps are the reason for the two major strategic failures that they’re facing, with it being much easier to conveniently blame Pakistan as the regional bogeyman instead of taking responsibility for the blowback that they’re receiving. It’s old news that the US regularly scapegoats Pakistan for…

Pakistan’s Fight Against Extremism at Home Rebuffed by Trump

Pakistan’s Fight Against Extremism at Home Rebuffed by Trump

The relationship between the Trump administration and Pakistan is frosty after the United States cut $330 million in military aid to Pakistan in October over what Washington says is its failure to reign in militant groups operating in Afghanistan. The Obama administration had also suspended $800 million in aid in 2011 and $350 in military…

No Trump, Pakistan Did Everything for the US But Got Nothing in Return

No Trump, Pakistan Did Everything for the US But Got Nothing in Return

The Pakistani Prime Minister is correct in pointing out how much his country did for the US in response to Trump’s disrespectful attack against it this weekend.   One of Trump’s prerecorded interviews aired this weekend where the American President attacked Pakistan for supposedly doing nothing for the US during the nearly two decades that the two…