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The Pakistani Taliban have also intensified their attacks and India and the United States are deepening their relations on the foreign front. Pakistan remains resilient, but fails.
Find out why, as Nirmal Ghosh hosts Mr. Husain Haqqani, Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US and currently diplomat-in-residence at the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy in Abu Dhabi, and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington.
Highlights (click/tap above):
2:07 Why we first need to understand the political division and role of the military in Pakistan, a country of 230 million people and a nuclear power
4:30 Imran Khan’s cult following; the military wanted good relations with the US, but Imran Khan had anti-American feelings
9:15 How vulnerable is Pakistan? Why the military is a political reality, so they must be part of any national reconciliation
15:25 After the US chooses India as their major Asian partner, find out why Pakistan needs to solve India’s problems
Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh (nirmal@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim, Paxton Pang and Fa’izah Sani
Edited by: Fa’izah Sani
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