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A girl plays with a toy gun in Islamabad: From hyper inflation to rampant militancy and political meltdown, Pakistan faces a very uncertain 2011
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As a powerful governor is gunned down in broad daylight in Islamabad amid a major political crisis, guest columnist Ahmed Rashid says Pakistan faces a bumpy ride this year.
To paraphrase Shakespeare, when crises come to Pakistan they come not as single spies but in battalions.
Among them is a burgeoning economic crisis with massive price increases and severe gas, electricity and fuel shortages, 15% inflation and the stoppage of a vital International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan.
There is unprecedented pressure on Islamabad from the US and Nato to eliminate extremists, with alleged terrorism plots linked to Pakistani militants foiled recently in Denmark and other European countries.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12110235
Continue reading the main story
As a powerful governor is gunned down in broad daylight in Islamabad amid a major political crisis, guest columnist Ahmed Rashid says Pakistan faces a bumpy ride this year.
To paraphrase Shakespeare, when crises come to Pakistan they come not as single spies but in battalions.
Among them is a burgeoning economic crisis with massive price increases and severe gas, electricity and fuel shortages, 15% inflation and the stoppage of a vital International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan.
There is unprecedented pressure on Islamabad from the US and Nato to eliminate extremists, with alleged terrorism plots linked to Pakistani militants foiled recently in Denmark and other European countries.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12110235