came back to defencepk and see the same ol' sh!t of apologizing for the incompetence and laziness of the world's #1 agency and beloved army. Time to admit that the security establishment doesn't know what it's doing, never has, and never will if Pakistanis continue with the "they know what...
Was trying to be optimistic. But it will happen, because it needs to happen. There is a push back - however small - against the native informants in the midst. Their garbage, regardless of how good their english is, isn't being bought anymore. Those sponsoring said agents aren't getting the...
That's not something new. It has already been implemented, and the fault is all Pak's. Pak gave that up a long time ago. Will take at least a decade before it changes its policy of being an inanimate punching bag.
Not worried about them trying to establish a new norm. They haven't and won't succeed. What is worrying is the unilateral attempts at peace by Pak (it's not just IK). Pak has no strategic culture. So basically agree with the 2nd part of your post.
Regions with pahari-speaking
not necessarily. Just pointing out that there are multiple Balakots and one doesn't even need to cross the LOC in order for something to fall that far away.
Bala Kote (IOK) is already on a map. As is Balakot KP. Balakot village in AJK is barely a village. It's there.
Regions where Pahari/Potohari/Hindko are spoken there are bound to be endless number of places named Balakot or a variation thereof.