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THE STORY OF PAKISTAN IS THE STORY OF ITS MILITARY
ARTICLE | FEBRUARY 25 2020. MOHAMMED RIZWAN. INSTITUTE FELLOW
The military’s internal factions and fierce tribalism are behind Pakistan’s economic meltdown, social fragmentation and political disintegration.
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DR CONGO
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PAKISTAN – BALOCHISTAN PROVINCE
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Young Balochis moving to armed violence
Paramilitary force acts with ‘impunity’
Supreme Court Justice: “Balochistan is burning and no one cares.”
“What gives me hope is the story I will tell my children – the story of people standing up, of courage.”
Fred Bauma
DR Congo pro-democracy and human rights activist;
former political prisoner
