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 […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | January 2021
I Overview Pakistan:• Pakistan Democratic Movement running out of steam?• Economy• Pakistan-US• Pakistan-China Afghanistan:• Peace and Reconciliation• Afghanistan-Pakistan• Afghanistan-Iran II Developments in Pakistan Pakistan Democratic Movement running out of steam? Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of eleven opposition parties formed in September 2020 to, inter alia, press for the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan and an end to the […]