Author: G Parthasarathy

G Parthasarathy Pakistan today faces mounting internal and external challenges that have left it in prolonged economic and diplomatic isolation with most foreign countries, except China, exercising extreme caution before offering any meaningful assistance. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, a pragmatic politician averse to adventurism, now leads the government. In contrast, his elder brother, Nawaz Sharif has a very different legacy. His tenure is remembered for duplicity; while he famously welcomed India’s then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee during the 1999 Lahore visit, his army chief was simultaneously orchestrating the infiltration of Pakistani troops into the Kargil heights. India responded swiftly…