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The government’s reliance on the armed forces may help it address a credibility crisis, but risks weakening civilian institutions.

In his book “Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military”, Husain Haqqani points to the Pakistan army's involvement in the 1953 Lahore riots as the pivotal turning point for the military's public image and political trajectory in the country. In February and March, violent demonstrations and riots against the Ahmadiyyas erupted across Pakistan’s Punjab province which the civilian government failed to control. On 6 March, citywide martial law was imposed in Lahore, the first of its kind in Pakistan.
Before 1953, the Pakistani public largely viewed the military as a standard state institution inherited from the British colonial rulers. However, when the …

Your tax money should go into making your life better. It would appear it is instead funding the lifestyle of venture capitalists and founders of uncertain, loss-making businesses.
Info Edge’s consistent efforts to figure out what went wrong at its investee company 4B Networks are a welcome change in the Indian startup ecosystem.
Hundreds of guidelines and clarifications are making it hard to understand regulations that protect India’s forests.