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Wazoo and Fata to Balochistan...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
and Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
. A veil of gloom that had settled on the country with ever-increasing corruption, loot and plunder has suddenly lifted, though 'ifs' and 'buts' remain whether the perpetrators and hidden actors will truly face justice or not.
Enemies of Pakistain are exhibiting their discomfort, and have publicly announced their intentions to intensify efforts to destabilise our country. These efforts have been going on for decades, but have reached alarming proportions since the mid- to late-2000s with infiltration of different segments of society by those following inimical external agendas. The breadth and scale of infiltration appears to span political parties, media, TV anchors, op-ed columnists -- and even the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain and different bully boy outfits.
One effort of non-friendly actors is to breed a psychosis of despondency and fear within a target population. This serves multiple purposes, among them breeding anti-nationalistic feelings among marginalised and vulnerable groups, as well as a lowering of a population's will and capacity to fight. Even patriotic commentators -- and I count myself as one of them -- have perhaps unwittingly contributed by focusing exclusively on the negatives in Pakistain's situation.