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*The Iranic influence in Pakistan, particularly after 1979 and the revolution there has weakened. With rise of religious politics ethnic affiliation toward Iran has degraded because Iran is seen as a Shia country. Most Iranics in Pakistan are Sunni which places them opposite to Iran which tends...

Tajiks, Kurds, Dari speakers in Afgh., Ossetians in Russia, Baloch in Pakistan/Iran, Pashtuns in Pakistan/Afghanistan are all related to Persian. Tajiks in fact could possibly the most pure Persian as Farsi in Iran mixed a lot with Arabs. There is also minor groups like Wakhi in Pakistan and...

Imran Khan's thoughts on Taliban from 2014. What he said is exactly what USA decided to do 7 years later.

Ataturkism is the pefect vaccine - better then Pfizer's jab against certain mental disease that I won't mention.

Yes, I agree with you. Sadly cricket has sucked the limited resources of the country to the exclusion of other sports. Also I don't want to appear to come out as racist the most hardy people in Pakistan are to be found in the western half and extreme north. These regions are economically...

Weightlifter Talha Talib's overall tally of 320kg was just 2kg shy of the haul that earned Italy's Mirko Zani the bronze medal. — Photo: AP Weightlifter Talha Talib on Sunday missed out on a rare Olympic medal for Pakistan but turned plenty of heads as Pakistan finally took notice of him...

Lets agree to disagree on this one.

This man is the nearest living 'Ataturk' we have in Pakistan. Differant times, differant milieu but the staturee of this man looms large over Pakistan.

Many thanks for showing concern at Pakistan being called 'fake country'. I think much as I find his comment repugnant I am loath to take any action against the said poster as I feel it would go against free speech. I have full confidence in the idea of Pakistan and can defend it against these...

Kabuli NSA Mohib yesterday met the Panjzabi ex PM Nawaz Sharif. No problem with that Panjabi but they have issue with the current PM Imran Khan who is ethnic Pakhtun. NSA Mohib with ex PM Nawaz on right.

Yes, of course. If this is true Pakistan Punjabi's must be carrying balls the size of titans. The sense of these people who peddle this below par or they only tout to the low IQ audience. As Imran Khan has said timeless times. If the strongest military machine on earth could not placate the...

News from Pakistan: Along the entire border Pakistan Army has reinforced positions along with Frontier Corps and border has been put on high alert.

Agricultural growth and productivity was in my opinion one of the variables and pre-cursor to industral development. It provided the surplus. It was the backbone that supported a population. More surplus mean't more men could be freed from the fields and take up other pursuits including science...

Allow me to intervene, I would say at this stage it is premature to say they are 'screwed'. Much depends on the landscape of the external forces and how they align themselves. If no external support is provided then Kabuli regime is living on borrowed time. EDITED: CORRECTION. All too often...

About 2015 Pakistan Army began building the fence from the north near China/Tajikistan at elevation of over 15,000 ft south along every type of terrain you can think covering 1,600 miles with about 200 miles with Iran. In 2021 85% is complete. Thank god for this. In the image below you can see...

If this true then it is great news, The most strategic part of Afghanistan asides Kabul is the north west adjacent to Pakistan's khyber Pakhtunkwa Province. This is where the Khyber Pass and Torkham Border post is which probably handles 60% plus of Afghan trade. This falls into Taliban hands...

The that exists with political Islam is this. Every 'Islam' is differant. Meaning what 'Islam' is to me will be differant to what it is to you. However if it remains personal I can hold to my 'Islam' in my heart, cherish and draw inspiration from it. No problem. So can you. We both can love at...

Turkey has enormous soft power in this part of the word and this runs across the spectrum - from religious to secular. The former for the Ottoman legacy and the latter for Ataturk. *this applies to Taliban as well. I heard their spokeman speaking of Turkey in very positive language and only...

He is singing to the crowd. And you know which crowd that is. The crowd that lives in that 'soccer match' I described. I used soccer as example because it is popular in UK and Turkey. That image is flying around in cyberspace more than the one which captures the defeat of the 20 million strong...

So, a liberal democracy full of tree hugging green activists is about to be replaced by far right Islamic thugs. Toba. Toba. Toba.