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Gali Cricket on a World Stage: Pakistan’s Meltdown in T20 Worldcup 2026
The buildup to an India-Pakistan clash in the 2026 T20 World Cup followed a script we have seen played out to the point of exhaustion. There was the usual “hue and cry,” the geopolitical posturing, and the PCB’s now-trademark brand of “hostage diplomacy”—threatening boycotts, demanding neutral venues, and creating a state of perpetual victimhood before…
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Karma Comes Full Circle: How Pakistan’s Militant Strategy Turned Inward
Explore how Pakistan’s decades-long support for militants in Afghanistan and Kashmir has triggered a 2026 security collapse. From the Durand Line to the rise of TTP and BLA, discover why and how the chickens have finally come home to roost.
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Is Pakistan Facing a Strategic Breakdown?
For years, Pakistan’s crises have followed a familiar script: a terror attack, a military operation, a diplomatic flare-up, an IMF bailout. Turbulence, then reset. But 2026 does not feel like a reset year. It feels like accumulation. The word “existential” is thrown around too casually in geopolitics. States survive wars. They survive insurgencies. They survive…
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Pakistan’s T20 World Cup Boycott Ends the India-Pakistan Cricket Circus—for Good
Pakistan didn’t boycott India. It surrendered relevance. On February 2, 2026, the Pakistani state announced it would not play India in the T20 World Cup in Colombo. The announcement was framed as a “principled stand.” A moral gesture. A show of spine. In reality, it was a white flag—waved angrily, then denied. And for Indian…
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The “Solidarity” Bluff: How Pakistan’s Obsession With India Is Breaking Its own System
January 2026 will be remembered less for cricketing drama and more for political theatre dressed up as principle. The so‑called “Solidarity” boycott—projected as a moral stand—has exposed a deeper malaise in South Asian cricket and, more specifically, in Pakistan’s sporting and national posture. What looks like unity is, in reality, a slow‑burn act of self‑sabotage:…
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Bangladesh T20 World Cup Boycott: How the BCB Is Burning Its Own Cricket Future
On January 22, 2026, one press release from Dhaka did what three decades of cricketing struggle never could: it pushed Bangladesh cricket to the brink of self-destruction. By officially boycotting the 2026 T20 World Cup in India, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)—under pressure from the interim government’s hardline sports advisor—did not make a political statement.…
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Hype vs. Reality: Trump’s 50% Tariffs and the Indian Textile Industry
If you’ve turned on a news channel lately, you’ve seen the “breaking news” banners: “Textile Industry in Ruins,” “Trump’s 50% Tariff Crushes Exporters,” or the latest political gossip about whether PM Modi called President Trump eight times or zero times. The narrative is clear: India is losing, and we should all be panicked. But here…
