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Islamabad, Pakistan – Amir Mahmood remembers a meeting between his Ahmadi community and top officials of Pakistan’s government last September. He can’t forget how the community, for long a victim of persecution in the country, saw a decline in attacks on its graves and shrines in the days after that meeting. But that respite did […]
For a man staring down the barrel of a 10-year jail sentence, Imran Khan was oddly nonchalant in court last Tuesday. As his representatives argued passionately for a fair hearing, Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister retrieved his eyeglasses, unfolded a newspaper, and did his utmost to ignore the surrounding commotion. “At one point . . .
ISLAMABAD — A U.S. diplomat’s recent visit to the Pakistani port of Gwadar, the heart of China’s Belt and Road Initiative projects in the country, has highlighted Islamabad’s delicate task of balancing ties with rival superpowers and efforts to gain leverage for itself. Donald Blome, the American ambassador to Pakistan, earlier this month made the […]
Pervez Musharraf, one-time military dictator of Pakistan, was buried on Feb. 7 in the port city of Karachi after dying in exile in the United Arab Emirates on Feb. 5. A headline in the Wall Street Journal described him as a “key U.S. ally.” Well, up to a point, to borrow the disbelieving jargon of […]
Pakistan is gripped by a major economic crisis, with the rupee plummeting, inflation soaring and energy in short supply as IMF officials visit to discuss a vital cash injection.Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for months held out against the tax rises and subsidy slashing demanded by the International Monetary Fund, fearful of backlash ahead of elections […]
Pakistan’s parliament picked Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister, just days after his predecessor Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote. Aamir Qureshi | AFP | Getty Images Pakistan has a new prime minister — and this could augur well for the South Asian country’s return to a healthier economy and its […]
WASHINGTON – The Expose Pakistan Campaign Committee has said the U.S. and its allies should impose sanctions on Islamabad for occupation, terrorism and genocide. The participants of the auto-caravan in Washington reiterate that Pakistan’s support for banned terrorist organizations to occupy Afghanistan and Indian Kashmir, and cultural and racial genocide in occupied Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Sindh […]
Washington, Aug 15 (IANS): The Expose Pakistan Campaign Committee has said the US and allies should impose sanctions on Islamabad for occupation, terrorism and genocide. The participants of the auto-caravan in Washington reiterate that Pakistan’s support for banned terrorist organisations to occupy Afghanistan and Indian Kashmir, and cultural and racial genocide in occupied Balochistan, […]
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