Pakistan is facing a number of crises, including terrorism, economic collapse, power cuts, and widespread social unrest. One of the major issues facing the country is the military’s obsession with India, which has escalated since General Zia-ul-Haq came to power in 1977 and combined religion with power. He radicalised the army and created a parallel Sharia judiciary, which has led to adultery, fornication, and blasphemy becoming new offences in the penal code. This has resulted in a return to the Medieval Age, with whipping, amputation, and stoning to death becoming part of jurisprudence. Un-Islamic material was dropped from textbooks and libraries, and rabid preachers became celebrities. The country’s economic chaos, largely caused by this zealotry and a pro-elite taxation policy, is being compounded by power cuts, inflation, and public debt. Pakistan also faces social unrest in PoK, Baluchistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and is comparing its situation to East Pakistan in 1971 and the creation of Bangladesh. Despite all of these issues, Pakistan’s elite seem unaffected, with Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons opening in Lahore and people standing in line for hours, despite one coffee costing Rs 700.