Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Pakistan teeters on the edge as insurgency, economic collapse, political repression, and dangerous global entanglements collide—raising a chilling question: can a nuclear-armed state survive compounding crises in the modern era?

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00:00 Introduction
01:23 Bombs Across Balochistan
11:36 On Shaking Foundations

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