Harsha Kakar

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India has for long attempted to project Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism, a dangerous nuclear power as also a nation on the verge of economic collapse. However, a lot has changed in recent months, despite Pakistan surviving on a collection of IMF bailouts and facing internal insecurities. Its relations with its two major neighbours, India and Afghanistan, may be at an ebb but its ties with nations which matter, US and China, are far better than before.

Trump speaks of his admiration of the Indian PM and Pakistan’s failed marshal in the same sentence. He terms PM Modi as ‘a very good friend,’ and Asim Munir as his ‘favourite field marshal.’ India faces higher tariffs than Pakistan, indicating that the US favours Pak to India.

The US-Pak bonhomi

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