‘In just 3 yrs, Islamist Pak will dump West’

[Fighter488]

‘In just 3 yrs, Islamist Pak will dump West’ ​

Report By UK Think Tank Dismisses Possibility Of Taliban Takeover, But Warns Of Subtle Power Shift



London: Pakistan is likely to become a more Islamist state and increasingly anti-American in the coming years, complicating US efforts to win its support against Islamist militants, a report released on Tuesday said.
The report, which looks at Pakistan over a one-to-three year time horizon, rules out the possibility of a Taliban takeover or of it becoming the world’s first nuclear-armed failed state. “Rather than an Islamist takeover, you should look at a subtle power shift from a secular pro-Western society to an Islamist anti-American one,” said Jonathan Paris, who produced the report for the Legatum Institute, a London-based think tank.
Paris forecasts that Pakistan is most likely to “muddle through”, with its army continuing to play a powerful role behind the scenes in setting foreign and security policy. “Speculation of a Taliban takeover dramatically overestimates the willingness of the political and military elites to surrender power to the Taliban,” says the report, the result of months of research on the outlook for Pakistan.
Paris, who also works for the Atlantic Council of the US, nonetheless sees Pakistan slipping away from the west at a time when Washington needs its support in Afghanistan. “US and UK leverage over Pakistan is not growing. It is decreasing. Pakistani society is moving toward anti-Americanism and toward more sharia law,” says Paris.
The rising influence of Islamist political parties and of militant groups in its Punjab province will slowly transform Pakistan by exploiting local grievances. “The danger for the army, and for Pakistan generally, is not Talibanisation but Islamisation from Punjabbased militants and their allies,” the report says. REUTERS

 

[Naradmuni]

Its true that Anti-West sentiments are bound to increase in coming days. Not sure how this is related to rapid Islamization.

 

[Kompromat]

^^^ Its just as tit for tat , west is creating trouble all over the place then what should they expect?

And these authors who sit in London and try to " speculate their wildest dreams" about Pakistan's nukes going into Violent hands have never been to Pakistan to see the ground realities and they just keep writing to make their place in " conspiracy theorist section"

 

[Kompromat]

Sharia law is what is Pakistan made for we will bring it one day and we do not care about people who do not know ANYTHING about it and yet talk as they have a Phd in Islamiyat.

 

[illuminatus]

The rising influence of Islamist political parties and of militant groups in its Punjab province will slowly transform Pakistan by exploiting local grievances.

I would substitute exploitation with genuine. The local grievances are genuine. I don't think that Islamic parties are going to play a major role though. People don't trust either. I hope that Imran Khan has a fair chance of winning the next elections.

 

[Kompromat]

Good luck with PTI , lets give Imran a go.

 

[Fighter488]

My humble opinion is that: Such an outcome is a very LOGICAL result of Un-Just WOT. INSANITY in the name of WOT had a very pronounced fall out. And that is to show the true FACE of western intentions towards east in general and Muslims in particular. In South Asia this will lead Pakistan, to centering its policies and governace more closely to its "Original Reason of Existence"; namely, an ISLAMIC state.

Fighter