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 | 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 […]
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 […]