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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicPakistan-US ties

Topic: Pakistan-US ties

Kashmir on agenda as Pakistan Army chief visits US, meets Blinken & Austin

This is Asim Munir’s first trip to US as Pakistan Army chief and comes ahead of Pakistan general elections, slated for February 2024. Trip coincides with Supreme Court verdict on Article 370.

Pakistan has renewed a key defence pact with US. What is CIS-MOA & why it’s significant

Agreement similar to one India signed with the US in September 2018 — Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA). India has declined to comment on development.

US President Biden calls Pakistan ‘most dangerous country’, draws ire

The US President made the remarks at a private fundraiser in California following which Pakistan summoned the US Envoy

Aafia Siddiqui, Pakistani-American jihadi ‘living martyr’ for whom 57 people have been killed

The gunman who demanded Siddiqui’s release in exchange for hostages at a Texas synagogue this weekend was latest in long line of jihadi attempts to free al-Qaeda-linked neuroscientist.

Pakistan wants reset in ties with US but there’s no such thing as stand-alone geo-economics

In the long run, Washington cannot leave Islamabad entirely dependent on China and useful only to Beijing’s strategic purposes.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.