Pakistan Army
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The Prussia of the Ummah
Building on RNJ’s comment that Munir’s consolidation makes a second Pahalgam unlikely, the post argues Pakistan’s army-led settlement is not a pause before collapse but a durable hybrid regime, ‘the…
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Kleptocratic Pakistan versus Oligarchic India
X.T.M examines whether “kleptocracy” fairly describes Pakistan, after Kabir objected to the word. He documents military business holdings and concedes that institutional capture may be a better label, while arguing…
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The Cantonment and the Clean Street: Why Pakistan’s Punjab Looks More Ordered Than India’s
X.T.M asks why Pakistan’s Punjab feels more ordered than richer India. He answers that military cantonments and DHA enclaves are governed outside city control, so the order seen on Lahore’s…
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Poorer Pakistan OutFoxes Richer India?
X.T.M argues that although India is richer, Pakistan’s narrower, military-anchored power structure gives it structural resilience in confrontation, while India’s democracy imposes restraint. He says understanding this asymmetry beats arguing…
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Pakistan, 1971, and the Misuse of the Holocaust Analogy
X.T.M answers a claim that the Pakistan army committed genocide comparable to Nazi crimes. He accepts the 1971 violence but argues that genocide is a legal category not settled by…
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Why is the Pakistani consumer so poor?
Bombay Badshah notes that India’s GDP is about 11 times Pakistan’s, yet its cricket revenue, league rights and forex reserves are many times larger. He suggests Pakistan’s oversized military distorts…
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Pakistan, the deciding hinge between the West & CRINK
X.T.M argues that Pakistan is one of the most dextrous middle powers, sitting at the hinge between the West and the China-Russia-Iran bloc. He says its position, professional military and…
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Imran Khan – open thread
Open thread opening with X.T.M’s reaction to a rumour that the Pakistani military killed Imran Khan in jail, which he says would make Khan a martyr greater than Zulfikar Ali…
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Why Zia, Munir, Ayub, and Even Modi, Are Jinnah’s Children
X.T.M argues that Zia-ul-Haq, Asim Munir, Ayub Khan and Narendra Modi are Jinnah’s true heirs, because Jinnah’s communal mobilisation built a state of permanent insecurity, military guardianship and Islamic legitimacy.…
