by Muhammad Amir Rana in Dawn, January 8th, 2023The writer is a security analyst.WITH the Taliban having banned their education, Pakistan can allow Afghan female students to complete their degrees in Pakistan. This would allow the country to embark on a new Afghan policy, which it direly needs after its recent disappointments with the Taliban regime. Pakistan’s Afghan policy has remained strategic-centric, which needs a radical transformation. A new Afghan policy should focus on a…
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by Imran Ayub in Dawn, January 6th, 2023KARACHI: Calling PTI chief Imran Khan “a frontman for terrorists”, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday accused the former premier of following an appeasement policy during his tenure that the PPP chairman said resulted in militants’ resurgence. The foreign minister even warned his own government in the Centre, saying his party would not allow any such strategy and talks with militants “behind parliament’s back”. Speaking at a press…
by Imran Ayub in Dawn, January 6th, 2023KARACHI: Calling PTI chief Imran Khan “a frontman for terrorists”, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday accused the former premier of following an appeasement policy during his tenure that the PPP chairman said resulted in militants’ resurgence. The foreign minister even warned his own government in the Centre, saying his party would not allow any such strategy and talks with militants “behind parliament’s back”. Speaking at a press…
by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, December 29th, 2022ISLAMABAD: Amid a rise in terror attacks across the country, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday linked the resurgence of terrorism with what he called the “reversal of PTI government’s policy on Afghanistan”. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the former information minister said Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari did not understand the situation in Afghanistan. He added if the situation in Kabul deteriorated it would have…
by Kamran Yousuf in The Express Tribune, Dec21, 2022ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is in a fix on the Afghan strategy after recent setbacks that have compelled critics and retired diplomats to call for a review of its policy towards the Afghan Taliban. Background discussions with the people dealing with the matter told The Express Tribune that despite apparent friction in ties with Kabul, Pakistan has no option but to seek engagement with the Afghan Taliban regime. The…
report in The Daily FT, Dec 9, 2022President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday called on the Parliament to form a Select Committee to investigate monetary and fiscal policy failures that led to sovereign default on foreign debt and economy to bankruptcy. “If the House agrees I can appoint a Presidential Commission of Inquiry,” he told the House joining the debate on 2023 Budget. “Otherwise have a Select Committee. The Parliament has powers to do that. You all…