Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | December 2020
I Overview Pakistan:• Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)• Economy• Terrorism• Pakistan-India• OIC on Kashmir• Pakistan-China• Pakistan-Russia• Pakistan not to recognise Israel Afghanistan:• Peace and Reconciliation• Geneva Pledging Conference on Afghanistan• Afghanistan-India• Afghanistan-Pakistan II Developments in Pakistan Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) The eleven party opposition alliance- PDM- continued to hold well attended rallies in various parts of Pakistan in spite of the hurdles created by the Imran Khan government, […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | October 2020
I Overview Pakistan:• Opposition Parties• Pakistan-India• Pakistan-China Afghanistan:• Peace and Reconciliation• Afghanistan-Pakistan II Developments in Pakistan Opposition Parties In November 2019, Nawaz Sharif, who had remained incarcerated on corruption charges since December 2018, was allowed to leave Pakistan for medical treatment in London by the PTI government based on an order of the Lahore High […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | September 2020
I Overview Pakistan:• Terrorism• Pakistan-India• Pakistan-Saudi Arabia• Pakistan-China• Pakistan-Israel Afghanistan:• Peace and Reconciliation• Afghanistan-Pakistan II Developments in Pakistan Terrorism With an eye on its forthcoming review at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Pakistan issued two notifications regarding application of UNSC prescribed sanctions on 88 leaders and members of various terror groups included in the […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | August 2020
I Overview Pakistan:• Economy• Terrorism• Religious Extremism• Pakistan-India• Pakistan-China• Pakistan-Bangladesh Afghanistan:• Peace and Reconciliation• COVID-19 Pandemic• Afghanistan-Pakistan• Afghanistan-India II Developments in Pakistan Economy According to a report of IMF, Pakistan’s growth during the current financial year (July 2020 to June 2021) is expected to be 1% as against minus 0.4% during the last financial year. In the budget […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | July 2020
I Overview Pakistan:• Budget 2020-21• Terrorism and FATF• Pashtun Tahafuz Movement• COVID-19 crisis• Pakistan-India• Pakistan-China Afghanistan:• Peace and Reconciliation• Corruption• COVID-19 crisis• Afghanistan-Pakistan• Afghanistan-Iran II Developments in Pakistan Budget 2020-21 The Pakistan National Assembly approved the budget for 2020-21 in the backdrop of worsening economic situation, particularly because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Economic Survey […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | June 2020
I Overview Pakistan:• Economy• Pashtun Tahafuz Movement• COVID-19 crisis• Pakistan-India• Pakistan-China Afghanistan:• Power sharing agreement between President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah• Peace and Reconciliation• COVID-19 crisis• Afghanistan-Pakistan• Afghanistan-Iran II Developments in Pakistan Economy Addressing an online session of the World Economic Forum, PM Imran Khan called upon developed countries to provide debt relief to […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | May 2020
I Overview Pakistan:• Economy• COVID-19 crisis• Terrorism• Allegations of wrongdoing against leading PTI members• Army tightens grip on Information Ministry• Pakistan-India Afghanistan:• US-Taliban deal• Controversy surrounding the Presidential election• COVID-19 crisis• Arrest of “Islamic State” terrorist• Continued violence• Afghanistan-Pakistan II Developments in Pakistan Economy According to a World Bank report, Pakistan will suffer a […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | April 2020
I Overview Pakistan:• Economy• COVID-19 crisis• Pakistan raises Kashmir at SAARC leaders’ video conference on COVID-19• Pakistan-China• Pakistan-Iran Afghanistan:• US-Taliban deal• Controversy over result of the Presidential election continues• COVID-19 crisis• Afghanistan-US• Afghanistan-Iran• Afghanistan-Pakistan• Afghanistan-India• ICC ruling on alleged war crimes in Afghanistan II Developments in Pakistan Economy No sooner had Pakistan successfully completed the second […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | February 2020
H I G H L I G H T S • Overview • Developments in Pakistan• Developments in Afghanistan I Overview Pakistan:• Economy• Financial Action Task Force• Extension of tenure of the Army Chief• Musharraf Treason case• Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM)• Pakistan-India• Pakistan-US• Pakistan-UAE• Pakistan-China Afghanistan:• Peace and Reconciliation• Presidential Election Result Delayed Further• UN seeks […]
Af-Pak Digest – January 2020
I Overview Pakistan:• Economy• Musharraf sentenced to death on treason charge• Extension of tenure of the Army Chief• Financial Action Task Force• Pakistan-India• Pakistan skips Kuala Lumpur Summit of Muslim countries• Pakistan-US• Pakistan-China Afghanistan:• Peace and Reconciliation• Result of Presidential Election II Developments in Pakistan Economy The ADB approved two loans amounting to $1.3 billion for […]