The writer is a retired lieutenant colonel of the Pakistan Army How can anyone believe that the statement of a top Indian official regarding the lack of culpability of the Pakistan government in the Pathankot attack had no meaning? Coming from a man who headed the investigation for almost five months, this was no flash in the pan comment given by an outsider, but a deliberate statement given for an interview by Sharad Kumar, the…
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China tells world to respect Pakistan’s sovereignty: REPORT in The Express Tribune, June 10th, 2016.
NEW DELHI / VIENNA: China on Thursday asked the international community to respect Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity nearly three weeks after an American drone strike killed Afghan Taliban chief in Balochistan. “The international community should fully recognise that and respect Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Hong Lei, China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, said on Thursday. Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansoor and his chauffeur were killed when the car they were travelling in was targeted…
Beijing: China “could end up erecting a Great Wall of self-isolation” if it doesn’t back off its island-building and claims to a huge swath of the South China Sea, Defense Secretary Ash Carter warned last week in Singapore. While China’s moves have caused concern in Washington as well as numerous countries in Southeast Asia, no nation in the region has been as active in challenging China as the Philippines. In the coming weeks, an international…