Tilak Devasher has authored four widely acclaimed books on Pakistan, including 'Pakistan: Courting the Abyss' (December 2016), 'Pakistan: At the Helm' (July 2018), 'Pakistan: The Balochistan Conundrum' (July 2019), and 'The Pashtuns: A Contested History' (September 2022).

Tilak Devasher retired as Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India in October 2014. Currently, he serves as a Member of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB), Consultant at the Vivekananda International Foundation, Emeritus Resource Faculty at Rashtriya Raksha University, and Distinguished Fellow at the United Services Institution of India. His professional career, which included service in Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, and overseas, focused on security issues, especially pertaining to India’s neighbourhood. Post-retirement, he has maintained a keen interest in these issues, with a special focus on Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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6:04 Pak Netflix: Picking a PM

8:26 Bilawal - Next Foreign Minister?

10:30 Bilawal Vs Rahul Gandhi

13:55 Maula Jatt Jingoism

15:16 Imran Khan Hanger

18:30 Why Nawaz was ousted by fauj

23:52 Nawaz - Opening batsman to PM kursi

26:17 Motormouth Generals

27:45 Asim Munir trying to prove himself

30:52 Nawaz returns & relations with India

34:34 Pak army creating pro-India mahaul?

36:52 They hate India to the core

40:22 Pakistan’s Fault-line: Pashtuns

46:26 Genesis of Baloch fault line

49:24 Dr Mahrang Baloch’s painful story

51:53 Modern leadership for Baloch

53:37 What if Baloch-Pashtuns unite?

56:34 China’s CPEC is dead

1:01:35 Balochs united for first time

1:04:03 Why West is also supporting Baloch now?

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