March, 2018
IN THE NEWS: PAKISTAN’S ACTIVIST SUPREME COURT ENDANGERS A FRAGILE DEMOCRACY (MARCH 31, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Pakistan’s activist Supreme Court endangers a fragile democracy SOURCE: Asia Times Saturday, March 31, 2018 By ADNAN RASOOL *Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his supporters accuse the country’s chief justice of trying to sway the upcoming election. They may be right Pakistanis head to the polls […]
IN THE NEWS: AS AFGHAN FORCES SQUEEZE IN HELMAND, TALIBAN FOCUS SHIFTS (MARCH 30, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten As Afghan forces squeeze in Helmand, Taliban focus shifts SOURCE: The Indian Express Friday, March 30, 2018 *Over the past month, Taliban fighters have delivered a series of blows to government forces, helped, according to officials in the area, by neighbouring Iran, which shares a long, porous […]
IN THE NEWS: THINK OF ‘CLOSING’, NOT WINNING, AFGHAN CONFLICT: PAKISTAN TO US (MARCH 30, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Think of ‘closing’, not winning, Afghan conflict: Pakistan to US SOURCE: Daily Times Friday, March 30, 2018 By FAROOQ AWAN * Gen (r) Janjua says Ghani’s peace offer is ‘a light at the other side of the tunnel’ * Alice Wells says Washington values relations with Islamabad; […]
IN THE NEWS: KEEPING ECONOMY, CPEC INTACT: PAKISTAN SEEKS FRIENDS’ HELP TO AVOID IMF BAILOUT (MARCH 29, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Keeping economy, CPEC intact: Pakistan seeks friends’ help to avoid IMF bailout SOURCE: The News International Thursday, march 29, 2018 By MEHTAB HAIDER ISLAMABAD: In order to keep its economy afloat and avoid the IMF bailout package to ensure smooth running of $60 billion China Pakistan Economic […]
IN THE NEWS: ‘BAJWA DOCTRINE’ NOT ABOUT POLITICS (MARCH 29, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten ‘Bajwa Doctrine’ not about politics: army SOURCE: Daily Times Thursday, March 29, 2018 By FAROOQ AWAN * Maj Gen Ghafoor says army not opposed to 18th Amendment as a whole * Holding general elections job of ECP and interim government, not army * Pakistan Army has nothing […]
IN THE NEWS: RUSSIAN FM TELLS GHANI MOSCOW WANTS TO HELP STABILIZE REGION (MARCH 28, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Russian FM Tells Ghani Moscow Wants To Help Stabilize Region SOURCE: TOLO News Wednesday, March 28, 2018 By FARIDULLAH HUSSAINKHAIL *In a meeting on the sidelines of the Tashkent conference, Sergey Lavrov suggested to Ghani that Moscow, Afghanistan and Washington meet Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday […]
IN THE NEWS: IS WASHINGTON PONDERING ON PUNISHING PAKISTAN? (MARCH 28, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Is Washington pondering on punishing Pakistan? SOURCE: The News International Wednesday, March 28, 2018 By SABIR SHAH LAHORE: Having conducted over 400 drone attacks in Pakistan between 2004 and 2018, the American administration in the White House is now reportedly engaged in an internal debate about the […]
IN THE NEWS: US NOT ENGAGING PAKISTAN AS A DEMOCRACY, SAYS DEFENCE MINISTER (MARCH 27, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten US not engaging Pakistan as a democracy, says defence minister SOURCE: The Express Tribune Tuesday March 27, 2018 Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has said that the strained bilateral relationship between Pakistan and the United States (US) stems from Washington’s focus on a military partnership with Islamabad […]
IN THE NEWS: US TO HAND OVER ANOTHER 19 BLACK HAWKS BY YEAR END (MARCH 27, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten US to Handover Another 19 Black Hawks by Year End SOURCE: Daily Outlook Afghanistan Tuesday, March 27, 2018 KABUL – US officials have said that since November, the Afghan Air force has taken delivery of 11 Black Hawk helicopters. Officials of the United States Air Force stationed […]
IN THE NEWS: NEW SOUTH ASIA GEOGRAPHY (MARCH 26, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten New South Asia geography SOURCE: Dawn Monday, March 26, 2018 By HAROON SHARIF THE contours of a new economic and political geography within South Asia are clearly emerging on the map with enhanced connectivity among China, Pakistan, Russia, Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia. This transition is already […]