Pakistan is already getting considerable credit for helping pull the region back from the brink, and rightly so; at a moment when escalation between Iran, Israel and the US was beginning to harden into something wider, Islamabad did not grandstand, issue ritual statements, or watch events from a safe distance. It moved with restraint, clarity […]
Holding the Line
Holding the Line
The protests in Quetta over gas shortages should be read carefully, not as a rebuke of the state itself but as a stress signal from one of its most exposed regions. Pakistan is confronting a genuine energy squeeze this winter. Declining domestic gas production, global LNG volatility, pipeline sabotage, and extreme cold converged at once. […]