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Nawaz ‘has to return to jail’, but his legal team thinks otherwise

by Wajih Ahmad Sheikh in Dawn, October 5th, 2023LAHORE: The expected return of Nawaz Sharif remains the talk of the town, but legal opinion on what he can and cannot do upon his return seems to be divided. Criminal lawyers believe that Mr Sharif would have to go straight to prison, while sources within the PML-N’s legal team suggest they have ‘a way out’ and that the three-time former PM would not be required to…

Taliban’s Global acceptance depends on women’s rights respect: US Envoy

report in Khaama Press online, Sept 30, 2023The US envoy for Afghan women and human rights, Rina Amiri, on Saturday, said that the global consensus is clear. If the Taliban does not respect women’s rights, it cannot join the international community. Amiri, on her social media platform X, revealed that during the 78th UN General Assembly, she engaged in high-level meetings with officials from various countries, concentrating specifically on Afghanistan and the challenges faced by…

US State Dept Official: ‘I Don’t Think That Afghanistan is a Threat’

By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, July 14, 2023 at 8:39 PMThe Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Pakistan Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs of the US Department of State, Elizabeth Horst, said she believes that al-Qaeda cannot pose a threat to the United States from Afghanistan. She appeared for a congressional hearing, during which she was also asked about recent remarks of the US President Joe Biden about al-Qaeda in…