Af-Pak Digest – October 2019
I Overview Pakistan:• Economy• Growing role of the Army• JUI (F)’s Azadi March• Pakistan at the Financial Action Task Force• Gwadar Port• Pakistan-India• Pakistan-China• Pakistan-Afghanistan• Pakistan wades into Iran-Saudi rift Afghanistan:• Peace and Reconciliation• Results of Presidential Election delayed II Developments in Pakistan Economy In a report released in October, World Bank said that the Pak economy […]
Intersect: Africa
China’s Bagamayo Problem Africa is known as a nodal point for China’s Belt Road Initiative, especially the continent’s Indian Ocean littoral. Chinese influence on the continent has grown substantially as a consequence and Africans have expressed strong approval of China in surveys. Lately, however, falling commodity prices and greater scrutiny of Chinese debt requirements have […]
Af-Pak Digest Af-Pak Digest By Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | March 2019
SPECIAL ISSUE Pulwama terror attack and its aftermath The Indo-Pak relationship that has remained in free fall over the last few years reached a crisis point when in one of the worst terror attacks on February 14, at least 40 CRPF personnel were killed and many injured in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. […]
Af-Pak Digest – September 2019
I Overview Pakistan:• Opposition Parties• Pakistan-India• Pakistan-China• Pakistan-US• Pakistan-Afghanistan• No move to recognize Israel• Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Afghanistan:• Peace and Reconciliation• Presidential election• UNSC Renews mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan II Developments in Pakistan Opposition Parties The number of opposition leaders arrested in the name of accountability continued to grow with another prominent name- […]
Af-Pak Digest | September 2019
I Overview Pakistan: • Opposition Parties• Pakistan-India• Pakistan-China• Pakistan-US• Pakistan-Afghanistan• No move to recognize Israel• Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Afghanistan: • Peace and Reconciliation• Presidential election• UNSC Renews mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan II Developments in Pakistan Opposition Parties The number of opposition leaders arrested in the name of accountability continued to grow with another […]
Intersect: Africa
Tech in Africa Naspers is second largest e-investor in India South African fund, Naspers, is the second-largest overseas internet investor in India having put in $ 4 billion over the past five years. In an interview with The Economic Times, the head of Naspers Bob van Dijk, indicated India would remain a key market for […]
Intersect: Africa
India’s Mozambique Gas Investment Cleared A consortium of Indian firms and their partners in late June made the final decision to invest $ 20 billion to build a liquid natural gas terminal in Mozambique for the Rovuma Offshore Area 1 gasfield. Indian firms hold 26% share in the investment. The first gas shipments are expected […]
Af-Pak Digest by | August 2019
I Overview Pakistan:• Government’s hounding of opposition continues• Economy• Army Chief’s tenure extended• Pakistan’s troubles at FATF continue• Pakistan-India• Pakistan-US Afghanistan: • Peace and Reconciliation moves• Uncertainty concerning the Presidential Election II Developments in Pakistan Government’s hounding of opposition continues The Imran Khan government continued to target major opposition leaders through the accountability process. Releasing a […]
Af-Pak Digest – July 2019
I Overview Pakistan:• Economy and Budget• Judiciary• Opposition unity• New DG ISI appointed• FATF censures Pakistan again• Pakistan-India• Pakistan-US• PM Imran Khan at the SCO summit Afghanistan: • Peace and Reconciliation moves• President Ghani visits Pakistan• President Ghani at the SCO summit II Developments in Pakistan Economy and budget The government presented its budget for […]
Intersect: Africa
Africa Shrugs Off Huawei Concerns Despite reports that Chinese equipment was behind a data security breach in its secretariat early last year, the African Union in May signed a new memorandum of understanding on ICT cooperation with the controversial Chinese electronics firms Huawei. Even as the United States and other Western governments introduced bans on […]