by Zain Ul Abideen Siddiqui in The Express Tribune, December 14th, 2023.KARACHI: Former federal minister Faisal Vawda asserted on Wednesday that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, despite running alone in an ostensibly empty political landscape post-Imran Khan, would only secure the “fourth position”. Vawda made these remarks during an appearance on the Express News programme “Kal Tak” hosted by Javed Chaudhry. He said that it was Khan who fuelled the May 9 riots, causing losses…
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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…