The endless turmoil of Pakistan

While Pakistan's domestic politics continue in a state of permanent crisis, the disastrous end of the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan has demoted Pakistan to the bottom of the list of American priorities, meaning a financial bail-out for the country might not be forthcoming this time.

Pakistan's High Commissioner to Canada Zaheer Janjua, seen speaking with The Hill Times on Sept. 1, 2022. It is not clear whether the current political crisis in Pakistan will end with yet another military takeover, writes Gwynne Dyer.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

April 3, 2023

LONDON, U.K.—Last year, U.S. President Joe Biden called Pakistan “one of the most dangerous countries in the world,” presumably because of its potentially lethal cocktail of nuclear weapons and unstable politics. But somehow, it staggers on endlessly, never resolving i...

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