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Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman  
December 2018

Pakistan?s Poisonous Underbelly

Publication Date : December 21, 2018
Related Categories: culture, Democracy, government, Ideologies, Justice, Op Ed, Pakistan, Religion, Saudi Arabia, violence, Women
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Pakistan, like Saudi Arabia, is a country with which we have alliances despite our distaste for their cultures. We needed Pakistan during the Cold War, when Russia had neutered India (they were "non-aligned") and we could count on them not to be seduced by Marxism.

But Pakistan, unlike Saudi Arabia, aspires to be a modern state with the institutions that protect a supposed republic: free press, independent courts, and respectable elections. They have a modern military, or more...

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