January, 2017
IN THE NEWS: PAKISTAN PLACES JAMAAT-UD-DAWA EMIR UNDER HOUSE ARREST (JANUARY 31, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Pakistan places Jamaat-ud-Dawa emir under house arrest SOURCE: The Long War Journal Tuesday, January 31, 2017 By BILL ROGGIO The Pakistani government has issued orders to place Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) emir Hafiz Saeed under house arrest and raid the group’s offices. Saeed, who runs a state within the […]
IN THE NEWS: FEATURE – CHINESE WORKERS IN PAKISTAN SKIP LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS TO SPEED UP HIGHWAY PROJECT (JANUARY 31, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Feature: Chinese workers in Pakistan skip lunar new year holidays to speed up highway project Source: Xinhua Tuesday, January 31, 2017 By LIU TIAN and JI WEI ISLAMABAD — Giving up plans to return to their hometown for family reunion during the lunar New Year, hundreds of […]
IN THE NEWS: ACT AGAINST JuD OR FACE SANCTIONS, US TELLS PAKISTAN (JANUARY 30, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Act against JuD or face sanctions, US tells Pakistan SOURCE: The News International Monday, January 30, 2017 By AZAZ SYED ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has again been pushed to decide whether it’s going to declare Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) as defunct or continue to give it a clean chit. However, this […]
IN THE NEWS: IMRAN KHAN WANTS U.S. TRAVEL BAN ON PAKISTANIS (JANUARY 30, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Imran Khan Wants U.S. Travel Ban on Pakistanis SOURCE: Newsweek Pakistan Monday, January 30, 2017 *PTI CHIEF CLAIMS U.S. PRESIDENT’S EXECUTIVE ACTION COULD HELP PREVENT ‘BRAIN DRAIN’ Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, has told supporters he ‘prays’ U.S. President Donald Trump will extend his travel […]
IN THE NEWS: SINDH – LOOMING DISASTER (JANUARY 29, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Looming Disaster SOURCE: The News International Sunday, January 29, 2017 By JAN KHASHKELI Government officials, local communities, and experts are unsure of the status of the 1,209 dying freshwater bodies registered in Sindh. All waters have either been contaminated or are fighting for survival. This has been […]
IN THE NEWS: JOBS CAN STOP THE EXODUS (JANUARY 29, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Jobs can stop the exodus SOURCE: The Killid Group Sunday, January 29, 2017 By HABIB VIQAR Among the army of unemployed youth in Afghanistan are graduates from universities who say it is contacts and not education that counts for jobs. Mohammad Karim, a graduate from the journalism […]
IN THE NEWS: KABUL ON EDGE AMID STANDOFF BETWEEN AFGHAN GOVERNMENT AND VICE PRESIDENT (JANUARY 28, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Kabul on edge amid standoff between Afghan government and vice president SOURCE: The Washington Post Saturday, January 28, 2017 By PAMELA CONSTABLE KABUL — An ominous week-long standoff between the government and its rogue first vice president is choking traffic and dominating talk in the edgy Afghan […]
IN THE NEWS: OUR AFGHAN REFUGEE POPULATION DILEMMA (JANUARY 27, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Our Afghan refugee population dilemma SOURCE: The Express Tribune Friday, January 27, 2017 By SYED MOHAMMAD ALI While Pakistan’s tangled relationship with Afghanistan can be assessed at various levels, one major implication of this entanglement has resulted in us hosting one of the largest and most protracted […]
IN THE NEWS: ZERO SUM GAME IS UP (JANUARY 27, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Zero sum game is up SOURCE: The Indian Express Friday, January 27, 2017 By HUSAIN HAQQANI *As its friends befriend India, Pakistan’s ruling elites must come to terms with new regional, global realities The United Arab Emirates, historically close to all South Asian countries, is the latest […]
IN THE NEWS: WHO CARRIES THE BULL? (JANUARY 26, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Who Carries the Ball? SOURCE: Daily Outlook Afghanistan Thursday, January 26, 2017 By HUJJATULLAH ZIA The terrorist networks, and Mullah Mansour’s death, stigmatized Islamabad and widened the Afghan-Pak rift last year as the US and Afghan officials stated that the Taliban had a safe haven across the […]