PAKISTAN ELECTIONS: INTERNET & TELCO TAKEN DOWN

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Popular Ex cricket star and Prime Minister Imran khan was jailed 2 years ago, for making inflammatory statements towards the us and the western world (no link handy but it was something to the effect of "we will not be a puppet")

His case was updated last month, extendingin his sentence to 10 years in jail, with Pakistani elections slated for February

Theres been some unrest in Pakistan due to

-the Imran Khan situation, a popular elected leader being sidelined by the military junta

-the gaza situation, as the only Muslim nation with confirmed nuclear capacity, along with a respected intelligence service, theres a sense that Pakistan has the capacity to intervene. However, the Pakistan military establishment is for all intents and purposes a US client state. The gaza situation heightens the fragment between the muslim Pakistani population, and the ruling US allies

-economic woes, global recession.

Despite his sentence, Imran Khan is STILL ON THE BALLOT, and the Pakistani people wait to see if he wins, and if his charges will stand.
 
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lahaine said:
Pakistan is very unstable for a country with nuclear weapons
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It is, I want to learn more about how their relationship with the us has been. Because from my pov, to be a sovereign nation you need nukes or someone youre 99% sure will use them for you.

-ukraine had nukes, gave them up, invaded and will lose territory within a generation if giving up the nukes
-saddam hussein didnt get nukes, the west flipped on him and Iraq is in shambles
-same with gaddahfi

But Pakistan has nukes, a proud nationalistic population (rivalry with India helps this a lot, great nations tend to be built when you have an 'other') but still under the thumb of us interests. From what I know, having the nukes gave them some leeway with respect to the war on terror and their role in it (afaik the pakistani intelligence helped train a lot of Mujahideen, some alongside usa some on their own) but its a surprise to see.
 
Gaandheri

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Pakistan is a country controlled by the security apparatus and the west, Khan was too close to the Chinese/Russians.
 
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