Af-Pak Digest – April 2019
I Overview Pakistan:• Economy• Pakistan at the Financial Action Task Force• No consensus on continuation of military courts• Pakistan India relations worsen• Pakistan-China relations• Pakistan-Saudi Arabia• Pakistan-Iran Afghanistan:• Peace and reconciliation moves• SIGAR report on Afghanistan• Further postponement of Presidential election• Afghanistan-Pakistan• Chabahar Port II Developments in Pakistan Economic uncertainty continues Taking note of deterioration in Pakistan’s economic outlook and external position, Standard & Poor Global Ratings […]
Intersect: Africa
India Helps Out Mozambique India was among the first international responders to arrive at the Mozambican port of Beira after it faced the full brunt of Cyclone Idai on March 15. Three Indian naval ships, INS Sujatha, INS Shardul and INS Sarathi, arrived with food, clothes, medicine and potable water five days after the storm […]
Af-Pak Digest By Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | February 2019
I Overview Pakistan: • Status of “Gilgit-Baltistan”• Blasphemy Law- acquittal upheld• Proposed extension of term of military courts• Pakistan at the Financial Action Task Force• Indo-Pak relations Afghanistan: Peace and Reconciliation• Presidential election• Results of Parliamentary election• India and Afghanistan II Developments in Pakistan Supreme Court extends its jurisdiction to “Gilgit-Baltistan” Delivering a judgment on January 17 on a set of petitions challenging […]
Intersect: Africa
Buhari Re-elected In Nigeria Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was officially re-elected on 27 February for another term to lead Africa’s largest country. He defeated his closest rival, People’s Democratic Party candidate Atiku Abubakar, by nearly four million votes. Administrative problems and delays marred the election process, but the result has been accepted by the international […]
Intersect: Africa
Focus: Terror Threat Widens in West Africa Islamic State and Al Qaeda affiliated terrorist groups upped their attacks across the Sahel region of West Africa in November and December, feeding off local ethnic and resource disputes. The year 2019 saw a record 700 attacks in the central Sahel region of the continent. A twin attack on […]