Reset in US Pakistan Relations
Aug 22, 2012
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As anticipated the transit route for NATO supplies to Afghanistan through Karachi was opened during the month.[1] A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for transit of cargo to and from Afghanistan through Pakistan was signed |
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Balochistan: No End in Sight to Violence
Aug 22, 2012
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With 69 Frontier Constabulary personnel and seven of coast guard killed in Balochistan in the last three months the situation in Balochistan remains grim and there is likely to be sustained violence given that a number of civilians are also killed. |
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Indo Pakistan Relations in Limbo
Rahul Bhonsle
Jul 24, 2012
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Political reshuffle in Pakistan, lack of progress in talks on Sir Creek and Siachen and revelation by terrorist Abu Jundal of involvement of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in the Mumbai 26/11 terror plot is likely to lead to cooling off relations between India and Pakistan. |
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Indo Pakistan Foreign Secretary Talks July 2012
Jul 6, 2012
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Indo Pakistan Foreign Secretary Talks - Joint Statements and Media Interaction Report |
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India – Pakistan - South Asia’s Zero Sum Game
Rahul Bhonsle
Jul 3, 2012
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India – Pakistan - South Asia’s Zero Sum Game |
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US Pakistan Relations: Multiple Traps
Jun 19, 2012
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US Pakistan relations are now caught in multiple traps with new vectors emerging between the two strategic partners of sorts with no common goals and purpose and lacking a unified direction. |
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Defence Budget – 10 Percent Increase
Jun 19, 2012
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The Defence Budget for Fiscal 2012-13 has been raised to Pak Rs 545.386 billion, 10.13 percent more than current defence budget |
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PM’s Contempt Case: Post Verdict Political Battle
May 25, 2012
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A seven-member bench of Supreme Court of Pakistan convicted Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for contempt of court by refusing to comply with an order to write a letter to the authorities in Switzerland to re-open corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. |
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Violence – Continued Concerns
May 25, 2012
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The dangerous trends in violence in Pakistan were clearly evident with large number of incidents across the country extending from Gilgit Baltistan in the North to Balochistan in the South during the month of April. |
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US Pakistan Relations: Hopes of Progress
Apr 25, 2012
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US President Barack Obama met with Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani against the backdrop of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. |
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Judiciary PPP Conflict
Apr 25, 2012
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The PPP led coalition started the month on a winning note with the ruling coalition gaining a majority in the Senate elections held on 2 March. The PPP led coalition now has 70 members in a house of 104. |
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Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam: Heading a New ISI?
Apr 25, 2012
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Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam was appointed as the new head of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). Islam is from a military family. |
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Zardari Visits Ajmer Delhi Soft Indo Pak Diplomacy
Apr 9, 2012
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The Official Take on Zardari's Delhi - Ajmer Visit |
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Balochistan: Rising Concerns
Mar 25, 2012
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Balochistan saw a number of incidents of violence during the month. The political atmosphere was also vitiated after killing of lawmaker Nawabzada Mir Bakhtiar Khan Domki’s wife and daughter in Karachi. |
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Pakistan: Breaking the Coup Cycle?
Feb 25, 2012
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With political developments moving in a see-saw course in Pakistan during January, surprisingly there is new hope. The country seems to have turned the tide and broken the coup cycle. |
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US Pakistan Relations – The Trust Deficit
Feb 25, 2012
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Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani perhaps expressed the current challenge of US Pakistan relations the best stating that there was a, “a trust deficit” between Islamabad and Washington. |
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Is Pakistan Heading for a Soft Coup?
Jan 25, 2012
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Consequences of the Memogate, a Memo purportedly send to former American Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mike Mullens on behalf of Pakistan President Asif Zardari seem to have spun out of control. |
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US Pak Relations 2012: A Hard Year Ahead
Jan 25, 2012
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U.S. Central Command responsible for operations in Afghanistan released an unclassified version of the investigation report on the incident of 26 November at the Salala post which led to death of 24 Pakistani servicemen. |
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US/NATO- Pakistan Relations: Towards A New Low
Rahul Bhonsle
Dec 28, 2011
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Just as, Pakistan was recovering from vestiges of Memogate as the scandal involving former US Ambassador Hussain Haqqani and the memo he is reported to have passed on to Mike Mullen has come to be called, another storm in US Pakistan relations has created a crisis of serious proportions. |
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Civil Military Relations in Pakistan: Memogate
Rahul Bhonsle
Dec 25, 2011
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Civil military relations are an important barometer of stability in a Westphalian state that these remain in a permanent state of mistrust in Pakistan is tragic. Circumstances that have contributed to recent strain in relations between the Zardari government and GHQ in Rawalpindi resemble a comic tragedy. |
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