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Posts tagged as “swiftly”

Why China is still on the sidelines in Afghanistan, 2 years after messy US troop pull-out

by Shi Jiangtao in SCMP, Aug 20, 2023The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021 continues to be seen as a “black mark” on Joe Biden’s presidency – a chaotic and deadly exit that left the war-torn country in a security vacuum as the Taliban swiftly advanced on Kabul. Two years on, Afghans are still struggling under one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with most international aid, including from the…

PPP demands elections under Article 224

By Asim Yasin in The News, August 19, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had demanded that the Election Commission reconsider its decision in light of Article 224 to hold the elections within 90 days and said any delimitation without changing the existing constitution of NA, PA seats should proceed swiftly allowing the election to take place within the constitutionally mandated timeframe. Vice President of PPP Parliamentarians Senator Sherry Rehman responded to the ECP’s schedule…