Reading that Dawn piece one gets visions of Mao set loose upon the countryside.

The pervasive wealth inequality maintained by the Paki elites must now be their undoing.

I wouldn’t even bet that the Pakistani Army would maintain its ranks in the face of this wealth redistribution.

Requests for Western funds express the staggering thirst for flight-capital — the end is nigh.

The best bet for Islamabad would be to renounce sovereignty over Pashtunistan and Baluchistan.

The notion that these zones in any way contribute to the defense of Pakistan should war with India come is absurd. Her atomic weapons provide unlimited psychic depth. These alienated societies drain Pakistan to no purpose.

Should Baluchistan and Pashtunistan merge with Afghanistan then real progress might be had. This new state could join the ‘stans to the sea. This would have strategic import — think of the exports.