by GEORGE FULTON
The standoff between the country’s big three
Pakistan’s three pillars of state — the army, the government, and the judiciary — are locked in a draw. You know the kind: three gunmen, all with guns in both hands, aim fearfully at one another, each unwilling to make the first move. As any good connoisseur of Westerns knows, he who fires first is at a tactical disadvantage. The second to discharge his weapon usually wins. That is why Pakistan has seen plenty of political machinations in recent weeks, but, as yet, no fatal shot.
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(Thanks to Robin Khundkar)