Operation Ghazab Lil Haq will likely be remembered less for a single strike and more for what it changed in the psychology of the western front: Pakistan stopped treating cross-border pressure as an “acceptable level of pain” that must be absorbed quietly while the country tries to fix everything else. For years, raids, fire assaults […]
Art of the Possible
Pakistan’s recent recovery is best described as a transition from “panic mode” to “managed pressure”. The country no longer feels as though it is one rumour or court shock away from a full-blown economic stampede. This shift did not happen because anyone discovered a magic formula, but because the civilian leadership and security establishment began […]