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White House, Russia, Pakistan: Your Wednesday Briefing - New York Times Tue, 01 Aug 2017 20:01:38 GMT

New York Times
White House, Russia, Pakistan: Your Wednesday Briefing
New York Times
“Trump is quite a personality, and he likes to tweet,” said Xinhua, the state-run news agency, in a cutting editorial that broke with Beijing's usual public reticence over Mr. Trump's social media outbursts. The United States, it added, “must not ...

Pakistan lawmakers elect new prime minister — who's likely to step aside in 45 days - Los Angeles Times Tue, 01 Aug 2017 16:53:58 GMT

Los Angeles Times
Pakistan lawmakers elect new prime minister — who's likely to step aside in 45 days
Los Angeles Times
Pakistan's lawmakers have elected Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to replace Nawaz Sharif as prime minister after Sharif was ousted in a corruption probe last week, but few expect Abbasi to stay in power. Abbasi was sworn in late Tuesday. But Sharif's ruling ...
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi elected as interim prime ministerAljazeera.com
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi: What You Need to Know About Pakistan's New Prime MinisterNew York Times
Pakistani Lawmakers Elect Ousted PM Nawaz Sharif's Ally as ReplacementU.S. News & World Report
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Pakistan must reject US aid and exit the war on terror, says Imran Khan - The Guardian Tue, 01 Aug 2017 12:47:34 GMT

The Guardian
Pakistan must reject US aid and exit the war on terror, says Imran Khan
The Guardian
Pakistan must detach itself from American influence and pull out of the “war on terror” in order to create prosperity and achieve regional peace, Imran Khan, the Pakistani opposition leader , has said. Buoyed by last week's dismissal of prime minister ...
Pakistan lawmaker accuses Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan of sending her obscene messages, quits partyFirstpost
Pakistan: Female leader of Imran Khan's party quits alleging harassmentIndia Today
Imran Khan sent me inappropriate text messages, alleges Ayesha GulalaiGeo News, Pakistan
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Partition of India and Pakistan 70 years on – share your stories - The Guardian Tue, 01 Aug 2017 14:05:00 GMT

The Guardian
Partition of India and Pakistan 70 years on – share your stories
The Guardian
The two independent countries of India and Pakistan – the former majority Hindu, the latter the world's first Islamic republic – were established at midnight on 14 August 1947. “At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will ...

Pakistan Extends House Arrest of Islamist Blamed for 2008 Mumbai Attacks - U.S. News & World Report Tue, 01 Aug 2017 11:35:30 GMT

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Pakistan Extends House Arrest of Islamist Blamed for 2008 Mumbai Attacks
U.S. News & World Report
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has extended by two months the house arrest of Hafiz Saeed, accused by the United States of masterminding 2008 attacks on the Indian financial capital of Mumbai that killed 166 people, a government document reviewed by ...

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Why Sharif's ouster is dangerous for Pakistan - Washington Post Sun, 30 Jul 2017 13:40:36 GMT

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Why Sharif's ouster is dangerous for Pakistan
Washington Post
In May 2013 after his electoral victory, Nawaz Sharif said something that for years, no Pakistani leader had dared to express. Sharif told me, “civilian supremacy over the military is a must.” He went a step further and said, “The prime minister is the ...
Pakistan Names Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Interim Prime MinisterTIME
Pakistan parliament to elect PM after Sharif removalAljazeera.com
After Nawaz Sharif's Ouster, What's Next For Pakistan?NPR
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India-Pakistan Indus Waters Treaty talks were held in the spirit of cooperation: World Bank - Firstpost Wed, 02 Aug 2017 01:30:27 GMT

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India-Pakistan Indus Waters Treaty talks were held in the spirit of cooperation: World Bank
Firstpost
Washington: The talks between Indian and Pakistani officials over the Indus Waters Treaty took place in a spirit of goodwill and cooperation, the World Bank has said, asserting that the two parties have agreed to reconvene in September in Washington ...

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Cross-border conflict drivers and breaks – Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq - ReliefWeb Wed, 02 Aug 2017 00:12:17 GMT

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Cross-border conflict drivers and breaks – Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq
ReliefWeb
This report provides an overview of the evidence on cross-border conflict drivers and breaks along the Pakistan–Afghanistan–Iran–Iraq route. Direct evidence on the nature of conflict-related flows along this route in its entirety is limited. Therefore ...

Indebted to China for unflinching support on Kashmir: Pakistan Army chief Bajwa - India Today Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:42:36 GMT

India Today
Indebted to China for unflinching support on Kashmir: Pakistan Army chief Bajwa
India Today
"Pakistan is indebted to China for its unflinching support to our perspective at all international forums, may it be expansion of Nuclear Suppliers Group, Kashmir Issue, or Pakistan's full membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation," Bajwa said.

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Pakistan and India must return to the negotiating table, without further ado and preconditions - Times of India (blog) Mon, 31 Jul 2017 20:45:34 GMT

Times of India (blog)
Pakistan and India must return to the negotiating table, without further ado and preconditions
Times of India (blog)
After such a propitious start, the press conference by the then Indian foreign secretary issuing a charge sheet against Pakistan, when PM Sharif was still in town, was unhelpful to say the least. We also found India's decision to cancel its foreign ...