Anarchy in Pakistan

AHMED RASHID, Pakistani journalist and author of "Descent into Chaos: The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia" states that Pakistan's selective approach to countering extremism and its military's preoccupation with India had to end before it could defeat the jihadi menace. In an opinion piece for the The National Interest, "The Anarchic Republic of Pakistan", he states that groundwork was being laid for a genuine democratic dispensation inspite of the incompetence of the Government and that if modernization of juduciary and police services were coupled with policies to enhance economic stability, Pakistan had a brighter future than being currently portrayed.