Not much else we can do.

"Among the many challenges confronting Pakistan is the fresh breakdown in civil military relations," "Pakistan's economy is in a tailspin as it struggles to negotiate a stabilisation package with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)," and "The militant religious movement Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has mounted a fresh march against the capital demanding the release of its arrested leader, Saad Rizvi," wrote C Raja Mohan. It has managed to restore the Taliban to power in Afghanistan but "the long-awaited victory is turning sour", it can no longer depend on unqualified support from Arab Gulf states and there are tensions in relations with the US and Europe. Particularly galling, "Pakistan's economy is now 10 times smaller than that of India and is well behind Bangladesh." There is of course "Iron Brother" China which has guaranteed "territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence", Dawn, in return for China's sovereignty over the China-Pakistan Economic corridor (CPEC), which links Xinjiang province to Gwadar port in Balochistan, Britannica. Unfortunately, "Data shared by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) showed that a whopping 24 percent of people who have at least an undergraduate degree -- are without a job," IN. "Clearly, CPEC has failed to boost employment in Pakistan," because "it is primarily controlled and run by the Chinese," and the "projects have high interest rates and the chunk of the revenue that is generated goes to the Chinese, leaving little for the Pakistanis." According to the International Forum for Rights and Security (IFFRAS), a think tank based in Canada, "the Pakistani military and civil societies have garnished their relations with the Taliban for smuggling and terror training to counter India's rising influence in South Asia", and "52 people died in 35 terror attacks in August indicating the growing instability in the region", ET. "But Pakistan has not yet recognised the Taliban as Afghanistan's legitimate rulers", and "Analysts say that some veteran Taliban commanders are miffed that Islamabad is trying to keep the new Afghan government under control through its backing of the Haqqani network, which is part of the transitional government," TIE. Initially, Taliban's Supreme Leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada was supposed to lead the government, but he was not seen or heard from for a long time, TOI. "The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has retained Pakistan on its grey list and added its ally Turkey to the list, in a double blow for Islamabad which depended for Ankara's support to avoid entry into the blacklist earlier," ET. Ominously, for Pakistan, "Ties between China and Pakistan, fostered with Beijing supplying a range of modern armaments to Islamabad's defense forces, have come under strain over unreliable Chinese military hardware and poor, substandard servicing and maintenance," ET. But, all is not gloom. Pakistan thrashed India by 10 wickets in the T20 World Cup on Sunday, bringing ecstasy to the nation, TOI. "For India, this is not a moment for schadenfreude," thinks Raja Mohan. But, it's not clear what India can do. Apart from securing our borders from both Iron Brothers. Hopefully, they will fight each other.