The Pakistan Army’s campaign to portray Pakistan as a “hard state” may resonate with those who equate strength with coercion, but nowhere are the dangers of this doctrine more apparent than in Pakist…
Puncturing Pakistan’s “Hard State” narrative - It is turning Kashmir into a security laboratory
A doctrine that mistakes military might for legitimacy, turning Pakistan administered Kashmir into a testing ground where coercion eclipses accountability and the pursuit of security risks eroding the very rights it claims to protect.
