India, May 24 -- Pakistan today is economically bankrupt but, ironically, rich in terror. IMF bailouts sustain its formal economy, while informal networks continue to thrive in the black market of global jihad.

Is there any fundamental distinction between the Mullah, the Military, and the Terrorist in Pakistan anymore? The answer is unsettling yet an undeniable "no". These are not competing power centres but simply three faces of the same deep state hydra. This may appear a hyperbole, but the unfortunate geopolitical reality that the world has been witnessing over decades validates the musings of a terrorist state. Pakistan has become a well-oiled terror factory, with its military-industrial complex manufacturing not only weapons but ter...