Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | June 2023
HIGHLIGHTS Overview Developments in Pakistan Developments in Afghanistan I Overview Pakistan: Political Crisis Economy Terrorism Contoversy on Census Pakistan-China Pakistan-India Pakistan-Iran Pakistan-EU Pakistan-UAE Afghanistan Human Rights Situation Taliban Interim Government Afghanistan-Pakistan Afghanistan-Iran Afghanistan-Qatar II Developments in Pakistan Political Crisis Following Imran Khan’s release by the Supreme Court from the detention of the National Accountability Bureau, […]
Af-Pak Digest By Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | May 2023
HIGHLIGHTS Overview Developments in Pakistan Developments in Afghanistan I Overview Pakistan: Political Situation Economy Terrorism Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) Pakistan-China Pakistan-India Pakistan-US Pakistan Denies Providing Arms to Ukraine Afghanistan Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation Eid Message of the ‘Islamic Emirate’ Supreme Leader Afghanistan-US Afghanistan-Pakistan Afghanistan-China Regional and International Meets on Afghanistan II Developments in Pakistan […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | March 2023
HIGHLIGHTS Overview Developments in Pakistan Developments in Afghanistan I Overview Pakistan: Political Chaos Economy Terrorism Pakistan-India Pakistan-US Pakistan-China Afghanistan: Security Situation Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation UNSC Resolutions on Afghanistan Afghanistan-Pakistan Afghanistan-US Afghanistan-India II Developments in Pakistan Political Chaos With no end in sight to the political impasse between PTI and the government, Pakistan descended […]
FEBRUARY 2023Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | February 2023
HIGHLIGHTS ● Overview ● Developments in Pakistan ● Developments in Afghanistan I Overview Pakistan: Economy Terrorism Political Situation ‘Gilgit-Baltistan’ Protests Pakistan-India Pakistan-China Pakistan-Russia Afghanistan: Abysmal Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation Afghanistan-Pakistan · Afghanistan-China · OIC Communique on Afghanistan II Developments in Pakistan Economy Uncertainty continued to prevail on further release of funds by IMF under […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | July 2022
H I G H L I G H T S • Overview • Developments in Pakistan• Developments in Afghanistan I Overview Pakistan: • Economy• Political uncertainty in Punjab• Civil-military equation• Financial Action Task Force (FATF)• Pakistan-China• Pakistan-India Afghanistan: • Taliban defy international pressure to stick to conservative agenda• Terror and violence• Afghanistan-India• Afghanistan-US II Developments in Pakistan Economy Pakistan’s economic survey for the […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | June 2022
H I G H L I G H T S • Overview • Developments in Pakistan• Developments in Afghanistan I Overview Pakistan: • Political Situation• Economy• Terrorism and Violence• Pakistan-India• Pakistan-China• Pakistan-US Afghanistan: • Conservatives continue to hold sway• Terrorism• Reports of clashes in Panjshir• Afghanistan-India II Developments in Pakistan Political Situation Having surprised both the army leadership and his political […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | May 2022
H I G H L I G H T S • Overview • Developments in Pakistan• Developments in Afghanistan I Overview Pakistan: • Political turmoil• Economy• Terror violence grows and hits Chinese interests again• Pakistan-India• Pakistan-US Afghanistan: • Significant spike in violence • Eid message from the Supreme Taliban leader • Afghanistan-Pakistan• Afghanistan-Iran II Developments in Pakistan Political Turmoil Change of government took place […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | April 2021
I Overview Pakistan:• Pakistan Democratic Movement on the brink of breakup• Economy• ‘Gilgit-Baltistan’• Pakistan-India• Pakistan-US Afghanistan:• Peace and Reconciliation• Afghanistan-India• Afghanistan-Pakistan II Developments in Pakistan Pakistan Democratic Movement on the brink of breakup Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of opposition parties, came to the brink of a breakup in March. The month began with Yusuf Raza Gilani, the former […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | March 2021
I Overview Pakistan:• Pakistan stays on FATF grey list• IMF Extended Fund Facility to be revived• Pakistan-India agree to cease firing along the LoC and all other sectors• Pakistan-US• Pakistan-Sri Lanka• Pakistan-France Afghanistan:• Peace and Reconciliation• Afghanistan-India II Developments in Pakistan Pakistan stays on the FATF grey list The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decided to retain Pakistan […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | February 2021
I Overview Pakistan:• Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)• Terrorism• Pakistan-US Afghanistan:• Peace and Reconciliation• Afghanistan-India• Afghanistan-Pakistan• Afghanistan-China II Developments in Pakistan Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) The opposition alliance -Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)- was nowhere close to its declared goal of forcing the Imran Khan government out of power and confined itself largely to threatening rhetoric at its rallies. Speaking in the beginning […]