Regional scenario
June 28, 2021
In the backdrop of the continuing US pull-out from Afghanistan, the stalled talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government and the Taliban regaining control over 81 percent of the country through enhanced military offensives, Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed his views very candidly about the emerging regional scenario in an interview with Axios on HBO, through his article published in the Washington Post and via an interaction with two senior editors of The New York Times.
The points he emphasized were: Pakistan is ready to be a partner for peace in Afghanistan with the US as the two countries want a political settlement, stability, economic development and denial of any haven for terrorists in the war-ravaged country. He further feels that the US should not pull out before a political settlement in Afghanistan as that could re-plunge the country into factional fighting with implications for the entire region; the US announcement about
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said that in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir , people are fighting against Modi s policies and in Azad Jammu.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said that in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir , people are fighting against Modi s policies and in Azad Jammu.
International pressure, notably from the administration of US President Joe Biden, appears to have had some impact on New Delhi, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding what he called a.
Kashmir huddle
June 26, 2021
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held his first meeting with leaders from Indian Occupied Kashmir on Thursday since his August 5, 2019 decision to strip the region of its special status. Even though all the leaders who assembled at the meeting in New Delhi are considered pro-India, there was remarkable pushback on Modi’s policies, at least in public. The leaders many of whom were jailed after the August 2019 lockdown all claim that they spent much of the meeting demanding the restoration of special status for Kashmir and other pro-people actions.
Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti went as far as demanding that New Delhi talk to Pakistan and try to find solutions for settlement of the longstanding Kashmir dispute. That may seem like a low bar, but we must remember that India under Modi had not only cut off top-level talks and interactions with Pakistan but had even refused to admit that Kashmir is internationally recognised as a disputed terr