Our friendly neighbor Pakistan revealed, "Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, one of the most wanted in India, is living in Karachi, according to Pakistan government's document." "The document that revealed Dawood's location was related to a list of 88 terrorists that were sanctioned by Pakistan government. His address on the document is White House, Karachi." "Soon after issuing a list bearing the name of Dawood Ibrahim as a designated terrorist along with his address in Karachi and details of his passports, Pakistan on Saturday denied his presence on its soil. It said there is no admission that Dawood Ibrahim is in Pakistan." Dawood is not in Pakistan, but if he is, then he will be sanctioned. Why this childish charade? Because, "The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) put Pakistan on the grey list in June 2018 and asked Islamabad to implement a plan of action by the end of 2019, but the deadline was extended later due to Covid-19 pandemic." So, Pakistan has "imposed tough financial sanctions on 88 banned terror groups and their leaders, including Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibarahim", although none of them maybe in Pakistan. Will the FATF swallow this chicanery? Most likely. Taliban leader Mullah Omar died in a Karachi hospital in 2013, but Pakistan kept it a secret for two years, until Afghanistan announced it in 2015. "The US long suspected Pakistan of sheltering Mullah Omar and even confronted then President Asif Ali Zardari in 2011 over intelligence inputs that the one-eyed Taliban supremo was being treated at a Karachi hospital, according to media report." Why no sanctions on Pakistan when the Taliban has killed hundreds of US and Nato troops in Afghanistan? Because, then president of the US Barack Obama could announce killing of Osama bin Laden on 2 May 2011. Obama won reelection in 2012 by defeating Mitt Romney. In 2019, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan confirmed the best known secret that "Pakistan's spy agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) provided the United States with leads that helped them find and kill Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden". Not just intelligence, local people talk of the army forming a cordon around bin Laden's house to prevent any interference from anyone. Obama decided to reward Pakistan with F16 jet fighters. F16 jets were used against the Indian Air Force in February last year by Pakistan. Pakistan is in trouble with long-time friend and ally Saudi Arabia which has decided to end preferential oil exports to it. When Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman refused to meet Pakistan Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa in Riyadh recently, foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi rushed to Beijing in panic. Ominously for India, "It is no longer Pakistan seeking Chinese support for its adventurism as much it is the other way around," wrote Retd Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain. A failed state supported by a rogue state. Will they perish? We certainly hope so.
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