March, 2017
IN THE NEWS: 22 KILLED IN EXPLOSION OUTSIDE IMAMBARGAH IN PARACHINAR MARKET (MARCH 31, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten 22 killed in explosion outside imambargah in Parachinar market SOURCE: Dawn Friday, March 31, 2017 By AFP/ AP/ Reuters / ALI AKBAR/ HASSAN FARHAN A blast outside an imambargah at a market in Parachinar killed at least 22 people and wounded 50 others, hospital sources told DawnNews […]
IN THE NEWS: HAQQANI DISCLOSURE VINDICATES MILITARY’S STANCE, SAYS ISPR (MARCH 30, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Haqqani disclosure vindicates military’s stance: ISPR SOURCE: The Nation Thursday, March 30, 2017 By MAQBOOL MALIK Islamabad – Pakistan Army said yesterday that recent claims made by country’s former ambassador to the United States regarding issuance of visas to US spies vindicated its position. “Views of Husain […]
IN THE NEWS: RUSSIA TRYING TO PROP UP TALIBAN, ALLEGE U.S. MEDIA (MARCH 29, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Russia trying to prop up Taliban, allege US media SOURCE: Dawn Wednesday, March 29, 2017 WASHINGTON: Russia is providing political legitimacy and military supplies to the Taliban in Afghanistan, the US media reported on Tuesday as a US general demanded 5,000 additional troops for stabilising the war-ravaged […]
IN THE NEWS: PAKISTAN MOVES TO BUILD FENCE ALONG DISPUTED BORDER (MARCH 28, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Pakistan Moves To Build Fence Along Disputed Border SOURCE: TOLO News Tuesday, March 28, 2017 “A better managed, secure and peaceful border is in mutual interest of both brotherly countries,” says Pakistan’s army chief of staff Pakistan has started building a fence along the disputed 2,500km Durand […]
IN THE NEWS: OPPOSITION TO CPEC (MARCH 28, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Opposition to CPEC SOURCE: The News International Tuesday, March 28, 2017 By ABDUL SATTAR It has been claimed once again that CPEC will benefit both Islamabad and Beijing and that the dividends and benefits brought by CPEC will be shared by both China and Pakistan and will […]
IN THE NEWS: GILGIT-BALTISTAN: A BUMPY HISTORY (MARCH 27, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Gilgit-Baltistan: A bumpy history SOURCE: The Indian express Monday, March 27, 2017 By ADRIJA ROYCHOWDHURY *Deriving maximum profits from the region’s strategic location and economic resources, the government of Pakistan had left the people of the area without any basic rights or state benefits 189 The British […]
IN THE NEWS: TRUMP’S ‘DO NOTHING’ AFGHAN POLICY IS RUNNING THE US OUT OF OPTIONS (MARCH 27, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Trump’s ‘do nothing’ Afghan policy is running the US out of options SOURCE: Asia Times Monday, March 27, 2017 By SALMAN RAFI SHEIKH The ongoing war in Afghanistan, the longest in US history, received only scant attention during the 2016 presidential election campaign that saw the unexpected […]
IN THE NEWS: IS THE ‘FIX’ IN? (MARCH 26, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Is the ‘fix’ in? SOURCE: The Nation Sunday, March 26, 2017 By KHAWAJA DAUD MAZHAR Having endured all the barbs of the last two months or more, the PML-N ‘darbaris’ are again out in full swing daily, claiming how their erstwhile, thoroughly corrupt and in any other […]
IN THE NEWS: CLASS DISCREPANCY (MARCH 26, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Class Discrepancy SOURCE: Daily Outlook Afghanistan Sunday, March 26, 2017 By DILAWAR SHERZAI The social and political changes in Afghanistan have been able to cast diverse effects on Afghan society. Among different changes the stratification of society into rich and power classes is a dominant one. The […]
IN THE NEWS: PAKISTAN’S WATER DIPLOMACY (MARCH 25, 2017)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Pakistan’s water diplomacy SOURCE: Dawn Saturday, March 25, 2017 By ALI TAUQEER SHEIKH FOR no other known reason but to avoid being seen as violating the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), India sent a 10-member delegation to Pakistan from March 20 to 21, for the 113th meeting of […]