Passports, Prisons, and Palestine: Pakistan’s Official Anti-Zionism

There is a species of Islamabad analysis that should be served on expensive hotel stationery, with diplomatic coffee, complimentary ambiguity, and a small warning at the bottom: may contain traces of reality. The recent Middle East Eye  piece — “Why Pakistan will likely refuse to join the Abraham Accords” — belongs gloriously to this genre: It mistakes elite choreography for the country’s actual politics, passport inscriptions for anti-imperialism, and conversations conducted somewhere between GHQ, the Prime Minister’s House, and the Serena Hotel lobby for the pulse of a country of 240 million people. This is not analysis. It is elite gossip dressed up as geopolitical insight.  The Passport Is Not a Revolution Yes, Pakistani passports exclude Israel. Yes, Pakistan has […]