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by Anujan
16 Sep 2023 23:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

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by Anujan
16 Sep 2023 23:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
Replies: 1295
Views: 382230

Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/world/asia/xi-china-military-general-li-shangfu.html China Is Investigating Its Defense Minister, U.S. Officials Say China’s defense minister, Gen. Li Shangfu, has been placed under investigation, according to two U.S. officials, fueling speculation about further u...
by Anujan
12 Sep 2023 01:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Congratulations to Pakistan for winning the Asia cup match against India. India scored 356, Pakistan scored 1024 runs (1 Pakistani run = 8 Indian runs. Pakistan are great at running) To remember this occasion today should be celebrated as defense of cricket day. Edit: reports are coming in that Paki...
by Anujan
10 Sep 2023 04:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/09/09/diamonds-girlfriends-illicit-lobbying-fall-former-ambassador/ Diamonds, girlfriends, illicit lobbying: The fall of a former ambassador When Richard G. Olson Jr. retired from the State Department in 2016, he was lauded by colleagues for an illu...
by Anujan
09 Sep 2023 09:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2434818/bilawal-calls-for-polls-within-120-days-if-not-possible-in-90 Bilawal calls for polls within 120 days, if not possible in 90 :rotfl: Ex-FM says if people choose PPP in elections, everyone should accept that New code word for Army just dropped - "everyone&qu...
by Anujan
09 Sep 2023 08:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

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If 120 days are not possible, I think they should hold elections in 240 days. If that proves to be difficult, 360 days should be considered. If that is infeasible, it should definitely be held within 480 days, depending on security situation. If security situation is bad 600 days should definitely b...
by Anujan
08 Sep 2023 07:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Pakistan army is deploying classic military tactics of Surprise attack, Envelopment, Shock action and pinning with a pincer attack with its main and reserve formations with frontal assault with Armor after softening the target with artillery to win the war against .... "illegal activities hampe...
by Anujan
03 Sep 2023 23:49
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Pakistan is expected to benefit from this closer relationship with China in strategic, economic terms, several joint projects with China regarding agriculture exports in the honey sector, ports in the ocean sector and tourism and strategic construction in the mountain sector are expected to be anno...
by Anujan
02 Sep 2023 22:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Some strong rumors circling around that Biden who is impressed by the newly announced SIFC program, may make a brief strategic stop at Islamabad on the way to attend G20 meeting in India and announce an investment of $26 billion in various sectors and praise Pakistan army for its fight against terr...
by Anujan
01 Sep 2023 00:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2433371/govt-to-fulfil-obligations-to-imf-at-all-costs-pm Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Thursday stated that the matter of skyrocketing electricity bills is being discussed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), adding that the government would fulf...
by Anujan
28 Aug 2023 07:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

A lot of Pakistanis who have immigrated to UK, take their UK born daughters back to Pakistan for a "visit" and then forcibly marry them off to abduls in Pakistan. So that these girls dont get "corrupted" with western ideas. So much so that UK has a "forced marriages unit&quo...
by Anujan
24 Aug 2023 00:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bakistan: Emirate of New-clear Inquilabi States-Bojitiv Newj
Replies: 2069
Views: 524107

Re: Bakistan: Emirate of New-clear Inquilabi States-Bojitiv Newj

Congratulations to all South Asian citizens as South Asian Rocket Chander--Ayan landed on Moon. Now four countries, The People's Republic of China, The United States of America, The Russian Federation and The South Asia have landed on the moon. This is also the first time that anyone has landed on S...
by Anujan
21 Aug 2023 08:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

partha wrote: 21 Aug 2023 03:44 So the bills were signed into laws or not? Not clear from the tweet.

Also, what's Hafiz Munir wearing on the thumb? Is it to hide the finger print which can potentially be extracted from a photo?
NSN reporter Al Photoshoppi took this picture so you'd have to check with him
by Anujan
21 Aug 2023 02:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

So Pakis tried passing a law that the president did not sign. Somehow someone else placed their thumbprint on the law and it became a law :rotfl: And now the president is upset https://i.imgur.com/S5BHgHf.png https://twitter.com/ArifAlvi/status/1693182548644647341 NSN sources say that this picture w...
by Anujan
20 Aug 2023 23:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Jalebi's daughter, the small jalebi got kidnapped by ISI goons in the middle of the night and had her house ransacked. Nobody knows where she is now.

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/s ... 2023-08-20
by Anujan
18 Aug 2023 21:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Jinnah's Pakistan would have defended the mob who murdered in the name of Blasphemy. After all, the Quaid himself defended Ilm-ud-din who murderd Rajpal over Blasphemy allegations. To get back to Jinnah's Pakistan, I demand that the perpetrators be pardoned because their actions arose from true beli...
by Anujan
01 Aug 2023 12:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
Replies: 1295
Views: 382230

Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/07/31/china-replaces-missing-head-nuclear-missile-force/ China replaces missing head of nuclear missile force in major military shake-up Mr Yuchao and Mr Guangbin have been missing for several months amid what intelligence sources claim is part of an inves...
by Anujan
04 Jul 2023 23:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

https://www.dawn.com/news/1762954/pm-calls-for-nationwide-protest-on-friday-against-holy-qurans-desecration-in-sweden Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for nationwide protests on Friday to uphold the sanctity of the Holy Quran and to demonstrate against the recent incident of its desecration ...
by Anujan
03 Jul 2023 22:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

With $3 billion from IMF guaranteed, it's back to regular programming: https://www.dawn.com/news/1762765/pakistan-asks-sweden-to-take-serious-action-against-desecration-of-holy-quran Pakistan asks Sweden to take ‘serious action’ against desecration of Holy Quran Another $1 billion from IMF and Paki...
by Anujan
03 Jul 2023 22:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Aage se Pervez and Peeche se Parveen Bilawal signed a declaration that "Ahmadis are not muslims", got his passport, went to Japan and complained that Pakistan is ready for peace but India is consumed by religious hysteria. After showing great opposition to religious discrimination, he plan...
by Anujan
30 Jun 2023 09:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7956
Views: 2252751

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-30/pakistan-gets-imf-staff-nod-for-3-billion-loan-program Pakistan Gets IMF Initial Approval for $3 Billion Loan Program Pakistan clinched an initial approval from the International Monetary Fund for a $3 billion loan program, lowering the risk of a so...
by Anujan
28 Jun 2023 23:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

*The Piskoanalysis Did you see that the worst insult that any Pakistani can throw at an Indian is You are just like us!! The fact that Pakistanis think that it is a great insult, and the fact that Indians then feel greatly insulted, itself is very amusing to me :rotfl: Indians then go No we are not!...
by Anujan
28 Jun 2023 23:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

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First they declared But let’s also see if Modi’s rise as an ally of the West bears resemblance to another subversion of democracy in South Asia, when the military dictator Ziaul Haq usurped power in Pakistan and imposed a puritanical theocratic order. {There is an interesting meta piskoanalysis here...
by Anujan
28 Jun 2023 22:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7956
Views: 2252751

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

The meeting was probably due to a totally different reason a) PIA has not paid lease on its aircraft and is facing the possibility that counties might seize their aircraft https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/politics/story/pakistan-international-airlines-plane-seized-in-malaysia-over-non-payment-of-...
by Anujan
28 Jun 2023 09:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7956
Views: 2252751

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

https://www.dawn.com/news/1762155/pakistan-imf-weigh-25bn-standby-arrangement The two options include disbursement of $1.1bn under the 9th review. But once approved by the IMF executive board, this would mean the end of the programme, without the possibility of release of two subsequent tranches of ...
by Anujan
28 Jun 2023 01:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7956
Views: 2252751

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

BREAKING NEWS Tehmina Durrani, wife of Shehbaz Sharif has filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences. She made a submission in court that her husband is Calling, Texting, DM-ing a strange foreign woman called Kristalina at all times of the day and night. She said she has the last straw when...
by Anujan
28 Jun 2023 01:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7956
Views: 2252751

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Prior to Porter’s statement, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Geo News show ‘Capital Talk’ that the government was working to find a mechanism to get the full $2.6 billion in pending finances under the IMF loan programme. Dar expressed optimism that an agreement would be reached with the IMF for ...
by Anujan
28 Jun 2023 01:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7956
Views: 2252751

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday night that it aimed to “quickly” reach an agreement with Pakistan on financial support from the global lender as Islamabad had taken “decisive measures” to align its policies with the economic reforms sought by the institution. “Over the past fe...
by Anujan
27 Jun 2023 00:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7956
Views: 2252751

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Depends on where the IMF is ready to offer "concessions" Pakis are already tactically brilliant. They have withdrawn the circular to restrict imports but are saying that it will take months to implement. Tax collection target is similar. You can set a goal for one jillion trillion billion ...
by Anujan
25 Jun 2023 11:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Meanwhile ishaq “I know how to deal with IMF” dar has caved in, proposed raising taxes further. Scrapped tax amnesty. All in last ditch effort to save IMF deal.

This time around it might work, they’ve agreed to most IMF demands. The program ends on June 30 so they have a week to get it done.
by Anujan
25 Jun 2023 10:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

It's not geopolitics anymore. It's geoeconomics. A strategic thinker told me once.
by Anujan
24 Jun 2023 01:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

There are two possibilities One is exactly as mentioned above. It's common practice when rich people go out to eat with their children, there is a nanny who keeps the children outside the store or sits with them inside and don't get to eat. You can search for Filippo maids in Pakistan. https://tribu...
by Anujan
23 Jun 2023 05:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7956
Views: 2252751

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif decried on Thursday the response of international institutions to Pakistan’s appeals for funds following catastrophic floods in 2022, saying that it was offered loans whereas billions were being spent on the defence of “a country or countries”. The premier made these r...
by Anujan
21 Jun 2023 23:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7956
Views: 2252751

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2422716/govt-unveils-bigger-economic-revival-plan-than-cpec?amp=1 Army to oversee economic revival Civil-military leadership unveils plan for $1tr GDP by 2035 The civil-military leadership on Tuesday presented an “Economic Revival Plan”, stated to be bigger than the Chin...
by Anujan
20 Jun 2023 11:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7956
Views: 2252751

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2422647/pm-in-last-ditch-effort-to-salvage-imf-deal Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday reached out to a nearly dozen influential global capitals to sensitise them about Pakistan’s efforts to revive the $6.5 billion bailout package amid wide gaps between Islamabad an...
by Anujan
20 Jun 2023 09:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7956
Views: 2252751

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Now Bhutto junior (pervez from the front and Parveen from the back) is giving interviews in the western press about how the west abandoned Afghanistan and how Pakistan has been left to deal with the fallout. The interviewer did not even challenge the premise and let him go on ranting about how the w...
by Anujan
20 Jun 2023 09:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

G Parthasarathy in one of his interviews said that when he raised the issue of Laskhar e tayyiba with Shamshad Ahmed Khan, the gent denied that such an organization even existed. What is he whining about now? All this realization/remonstrance is just proportional to their debts. If they get their de...
by Anujan
19 Jun 2023 23:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

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Pakistanis were trying to enter greece through a boat, which sank, killing hundreds of people. Up to 400 Pakistanis were on the boat, about 12 were rescued https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/18/pakistanis-were-forced-below-deck-on-refugee-boat-in-greece-disaster?s=08 Macabre details have eme...
by Anujan
18 Jun 2023 13:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

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China is loaning yuan (which china can print) but getting repaid in dollars.
by Anujan
18 Jun 2023 10:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4426
Views: 1345811

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

That's a very big concession. India should give up cashmere in return as a big hearted big brother.