Tag: Pakistan

(India/Pakistan/UAE) UAE brokering secret India-Pakistan peace roadmap: Officials (Al Jazeera)

India-Pakistan ceasefire deal last month marked a milestone in secret talks brokered by the UAE that began months earlier, say officials. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/22/bb-uae-brokering-secret-india-pakistan-peace-roadmap

(Pakistan/India) Pakistan army chief says ‘it is time to bury the past’ with India (Al Jazeera)

In a rare conciliatory note, General Bajwa calls for peaceful resolution of Kashmir dispute and talks with arch rival India. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/19/pakistan-army-chief-says-it-is-time-to-bury-the-past-with-india

(Pakistan) Ending Pakistan’s epidemic of enforced disappearances (Al Jazeera)

Nasrullah Baloch Thousands of Pakistan’s Baloch have been abducted by security forces. Will Prime Minister Imran Khan act to find our loved ones? https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/9/addressing-pakistans-epidemic-of-forced-disappearances

(India/Pakistan/Kashmir) What prompted India-Pakistan ceasefire pact along Kashmir border? (Al Jazeera)

Bilal Kuchay Politicians and experts reflect on reasons that made the two nations agree to a rare reaffirmation of a 2003 ceasefire along the disputed...

(Pakistan) Pakistani PM Khan wins vote of confidence amid opposition boycott (Al Jazeera)

Asad Hashim Imran Khan secured 178 votes against the 172 required to win vote of confidence, the speaker of the house announced. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/6/pakistani-pm-khan-wins-vote-of-confidence-amid-opposition-boycott

(India/Pakistan) Is a thaw between India and Pakistan possible? (ORF)

KHALID SHAH It is not the first time that the militaries of the two countries have agreed to maintain calm at the border. https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/thaw-between-india-pakistan-possible/

(India/Pakistan) India-Pakistan ceasefire: The phantasmagoric peace process (ORF)

SUSHANT SAREEN The breathless excitement, even optimism, with which even seasoned observers of the India-Pakistan relationship received the news of the latest ceasefire agreement between the militaries...

(Pakistan/Afghanistan) Pakistan ‘Optimistic’ About Progress in Stalemated Afghan Peace Process (VoA)

Ayaz Gul Pakistan’s military said Monday that efforts aimed at moving forward a stalemated peace process in neighboring Afghanistan are “progressing in a very positive...

(USA/Pakistan) The Future of U.S.-Pakistan Relations Amidst Geopolitical Churn (Stimson Center)

Dr. Asad Majeed Khan, a career Pakistan foreign service officer, assumed his current position as Pakistani ambassador to the United States in January 2019....

(Pakistan/Climate Change) How Pakistan is aiming for a green recovery from the pandemic (WEF)

Malik Amin Aslam Khan The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the need for humans to nurture a more harmonious, rather than adversarial, relationship with nature. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/pakistan-green-recovery/

(Pakistan) Pakistan: ‘Hand of peace’ or sleight of hand (ORF)

SUSHANT SAREEN https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/pakistan-hand-of-peace-or-sleight-of-hand/

(Pakistan) Pakistan: UN report ‘vindicates’ stance on cross-border ‘terrorism’ (Al Jazeera)

Asad Hashim https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/8/pakistan-lauds-un-reports-on-counterterrorism

(Pakistan) Will Pakistan’s new anti-rape law make women safer? (Asia Times)

By AKANKSHA KHULLAR https://asiatimes.com/2021/02/will-pakistans-new-anti-rape-law-make-women-safer/

(China/Pakistan) Chinese Shipyard Launches 2nd Type 054 A/P Frigate For Pakistan Navy (Naval News)

Xavier Vavasseur  https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/01/chinese-shipyard-launches-2nd-type-054-a-p-frigate-for-pakistan-navy/

(Pakistan) Pakistan’s hybrid regime fails on yet another front (Asia Times)

By IMAD ZAFAR https://asiatimes.com/2021/01/pakistans-hybrid-regime-fails-on-yet-another-front/

(Pakistan) The Jihadists’ War in Pakistan after the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Lessons from Al-Qaeda’s Assassination of Benazir Bhutto (Abdul Sayed, The Jamestown Foundation)

The changing narratives and operations of al-Qaeda and its Pakistani ally, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in recent years indicate that the anti-state jihadist war in...