A sudden surge in the prices of petroleum products by more than Rs. 10, in compliance with IMF dictation, has dropped a new petrol bomb on the people, who are already crushed by inflation.

In an interview with Jamshyd N. Godrej broadcast on 7 October 2021, the US Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy R Sherman, arrogantly declared, “We don’t see ourselves building a broad relationship with Pakistan... But we all need to know what’s going on in Afghanistan... We all need to make sure that we have the capabilities that we need to ensure everybody’s security, including India’s.”

A bill to shift blame for the US defeat in Afghanistan onto Pakistan, moved by 22 US senators on 27 September, has raised both alarm and panic amongst Pakistan’s policy makers. The Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight and Accountability Act is ostensibly to determine the causes behind US defeat, however, in reality, it is to place and justify sanctions against Taliban, whilst punishing any government with ties to them.

In an interview with CNN on 15 September 2021, Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, complained that “We were like a hired gun” during America’s War on Terror, even though Pakistan’s current rulers are acting as “hired facilitators,” to ensure that the US re-enters our region through the back door.