Pakistan can’t! That is the problem...
I will probably create a thread this but I will give the details here as to why.
First of Pakistan is not an Islamic Republic like Iran or Afghanistan. It is based around
secularism, in other words a country for all irrespective of religion. This and the army is what is holding Pakistan together... If Pakistan played around with proxies like Iran, then those proxies will come back to bite it in time because those proxies will want a Pakistan that is reflective of ideology. For Iran this already given since they are already fulfilling the Shia ideologue, those proxies can’t and won’t turn against Iran, they will not have a causes belli or it won’t be strong enough.
Second... and this is most important. Pakistan has an existential crisis, and I don’t want this to be taken with offense but with a serious criticism. Pakistan and Pakistanis don’t have a definitive identity like Iran because it is a younger nation than Iran. Pakistanis are divided between Sunni and Shia, and next by ethnicity. Look at how the Shias of Pakistan vehemently defend Iran and its government while Iranians themselves although they love Iran hate their government, some Sunnis in Pakistan even call Shias Kafir, should Pakistan head towards recruiting proxies and it shifts to a more religious, what will be the backlash from the differing sects? Next there is big ethnic problem in Pakistan, after militancy in KPK and FATA, the after effects of it are PTM, and even in Karachi after having read the posts of some members here, all view each other with some degree contempt, the only group I don’t see participating in such comments and stupidity are the Punjabis, I am convinced that if they were not the majority the Pakistan would have troubles all over.
Pakistan if it wants to maintain itself as a state has to continue being a secular nation, it cannot be like Iran. The Kashmir proxies will probably be left to us Afghans since we will soon have an Islamic government and we can also maintain their presence without any type of blowbacks like the one Pakistan experienced. We can in the future take Kashmir for you, but it’s going to come with a cost of sectarianism... Are you prepared for that a cost?
Thoughts
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