Uzair talks to Zahid Husain about the worsening security situation in Balochistan, which has led the army chief to assert that Pakistan must become a “hard state.” We discussed what can be defined as a hard state, and also try to understand the reasons for why Zahid Husain calls Pakistan a “predator state.”

Zahid Husain is an author and journalist who writes a weekly column for Dawn. You can read his latest column titled “A Predator State” here: https://www.dawn.com/news/1900408

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

1:40 What is a predator state?

15:10 The state’s colonial mindset

24:10 Difference in KPK and Balochistan

33:50 Anti-military sentiment in Punjab

38:10 Evolving views on military intervention