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Hard States Don’t Explain Themselves: Yalda Hakim Vs Musharraf Zaidi

Mosharraf Zaidi

Hard States, Soft Signals

Ali K. Chishti put it bluntly: hard states don’t explain internal politics on foreign TV; they exert policies.

History agrees.

The United States does not debate its prison population on Al Jazeera. France does not justify counter-terror laws on Sky News. India does not invite foreign anchors to adjudicate its courts.

When a state begins doing so, it signals uncertainty about its own legitimacy.

Pakistan should not fall into that trap.

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