The US chose India as its big Asian partner, putting Pakistan in a spot, said former ambassador Husain Haqqani. Read more at straitstimes.com.
His supporters rioted, with mobs attacking the headquarters and installations of the army, which had once backed him.
The US has been frustrated with Pakistan, says Mr Husain Haqqani, Pakistan‘s former ambassador to the US and currently diplomat-in-residence at the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy in Abu Dhabi. India and Pakistan have had four wars since both countries became independent in 1947 - and have come close to war on several other occasions. They are at loggerheads over issues such as territorial disputes in Kashmir, river water dispute and militant attacks.
“So for the foreseeable future, Pakistan… closer to China than it is to the United States,” he said. “It wants to be wooed back by the United States, and that is just not happening at the moment.”On one hand, the Pakistani military is the problem because its political engineering and intervention has not allowed Pakistan’s leadership to come up with new solutions and a new path forward for the country. On the other hand, it is also a huge force that can maintain some semblance of order.
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