Naila Inayat

1 week ago | theprint.in | Naila Inayat

Between banning airspace, water, YouTube, Instagram, X handles, and trading nuclear threats and throat-slit gestures, both governments have had their work cut out. The evergreen fantasy of hoisting the Pakistani flag on Lal Qila is back. ‘Kashmir Banega Pakistan’ feels all too real. Be warned: Modi spoke in English about a “befitting reply.” We have deciphered that the attack will also be in English, which, anyway, we won’t understand.

Oct 20, 2024 | theprint.in | Naila Inayat

With thanks all around and no India-Pakistan spat to report at this SCO, this summit was a resounding success. Of course, there were the usual buzzwords, “cross border”, “terrorism”, “separatism”, and “extremism”, and how these activities hamper trade, connectivity, and people-to-people exchanges—a veiled cautionary tale from Jaishankar.

Oct 9, 2024 | theprint.in | Naila Inayat

It’s hardly surprising that Jaishankar has already debuted at Imran Khan’s rallies in the past. His views on buying petroleum goods from Russia after the Ukraine war were touted by Khan as an example of “azad Indian foreign policy.” This should only surprise Jaishankar, who has been vehemently saying that his Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) visit to Islamabad this month has nothing to do with India-Pakistan relations. We agree; he has a bigger task to save Pakistan.

Aug 17, 2024 | flipboard.com | Naila Inayat

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Aug 17, 2024 | theprint.in | Naila Inayat

This is an exception, but is there a chance it’ll become the norm for 77-year-old Pakistan? Past events would reiterate that “they [the Army] will never go after their own” so don’t blame us for being a bit sceptical. While Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir warned during his Independence Day speech that “retribution will be sharp and painful,” it was really not a memo for the former spymaster, directed instead toward evergreen “inimical forces.” Time to go the Bangladesh way, but in reverse.