Army Chief Bajwa may have to step-up his game to counter anti-India undercurrents in Pak Fri, Apr 09 2021 03:57:54 PM By Atul Aneja New Delhi, Apr 9 (IANS): Pakistans abrupt U-turn on its decision to buy cotton from India has exposed a myriad of contradictions within the Pakistani establishment, anchored by the military, and a broken civilian cabal. Saner elements within the Pakistani fourth estate have noted with dismay, the dysfunctionality of their country's "system," which is unable to distinguish between myopic "gains" and clear-eyed long-term interests.
In a pithy editorial on April 3, the liberal Dawn newspaper called the reversal of the decision, taken first by Prime Minister Imran Khan during a cabinet meeting, which he inexplicably overturned the very next day as "bizarre".