Bilawal in India: A Minor Actor in Pakistan’s Military Script
By Mukesh Devrari There is a lot of discussion around the Pakistani foreign minister’s visit to India, but no one is talking about it honestly. This visit must be looked at from two angles. The first is Pakistan’s domestic politics. Right now, it has three major players. First is the PTI led by Imran Khan. Second is the Pakistan Muslim League (N), which the former PM Nawaz Sharif controls. The third most crucial political outfit, the Pakistan People’s Party, is controlled by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s family. The PPP is almost like a family-run business with a strong base in Sindh. Imran Khan was the Prime Minister of Pakistan until he fell out of favor with the military and was removed from his position. Though the military did not intervene directly, it managed his ouster from behind the curtain. Since then, a sulking Imran Khan has tried to project his confrontation with the military as a personal feud between himself and former Army Chief General Bajwa for the public’s consumption,...