Tag: Pakistan

WAR

5 Budding Wars we hope the World can Avoid in 2024

By Jessica Genauer, Flinders University | – (The Conversation) – Sadly, 2023 has been a violent one on the global stage. War broke out between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, leading to the deaths of thousands of Palestinians and hundreds of Israelis, including many children on both sides. And the bitter war between Russia and Ukraine continued with no end in sight. As a result of the focus on these two conflicts, other countries have dropped off the radar for many people. Some of these nations have been dealing with simmering unrest, however, which could erupt in 2024 and seize

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Informed Comment

Caitlin Johnstone: US Department of Hypocrisy

After his department was caught pushing the ouster of the democratically elected Imran Khan, the U.S. secretary of state is now praising Pakistan’s preparations for “free and fair elections.”

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American Politics

Pakistan Denies Conspiracy Against Imran Khan, Confirms Cable

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif waits for a group photo with lawmakers of the National Assembly at the end of the last session of the current parliament, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Pakistan's prime minister took a formal step Wednesday toward dissolving parliament, starting a possible countdown to a general election, as his chief political rival fought to overturn a corruption conviction that landed him in a high-security prison over the weekend. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

The two openers for the New Pakistan  : Caught and bowled by Imran Khan

For a year and a half, Pakistani politics has been gripped by word of a diplomatic cable said to describe U.S. State Department officials encouraging the removal of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan from power. Last week, The Intercept published the contents of the cable, known internally as a cypher, which revealed U.S. diplomats pressing for the removal of Khan over his neutral stance on the conflict in Ukraine.

Since it was published, the response to the story from Pakistani and U.S. officials has been both defensive and contradictory.

Source: Pakistan Denies Conspiracy Against Imran Khan, Confirms Cable

Climate Change

The west is ignoring Pakistan’s super-floods. Heed this warning: tomorrow it will be you | Fatima Bhutto | The Guardian

people trudge through water with belongings

Today, Pakistan, the world’s fifth-most-populous country, is fighting for its survival. This summer, erratic monsoon rains battered the country from north to south – Sindh, the southernmost province, received 464% more rain over the last few weeks than the 30-year average for the period.

Source: The west is ignoring Pakistan’s super-floods. Heed this warning: tomorrow it will be you | Fatima Bhutto | The Guardian

Climate Change

Pakistan floods: what role did climate change play?

Proactive is far cheaper than reactive

Pakistan is undoubtedly on the front lines of climate change. In the ongoing flooding, it is clear that climate change has at minimum played a role in amplifying this event. At worst, it created a compounding set of circumstances causing millions of additional people to suffer than otherwise might have.

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Climate Change, Climate Change denial

Pakistani floods kill more than 1000, leave third of country underwater

What would Murdoch’s Sky News after Dark say? No proof it’s man-made? Or simply ignore the global extremes

floodwaters had swept away 700,000 livestock.Early estimates have put the flood damage at more than $US10 billion, the government has said, appealing to the world to help it deal with what it has called a man-made climate catastrophe.

Pakistani floods kill more than 1000, leave third of country underwater
India, Uncategorized

Pakistan PM Imran Khan Calls on World to Pay Attention to India’s “Fascist, Racist Hindu Supremacist Ideology and Leadership” | Common Dreams News

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, pictured in Beijing, China in November 2018, called on the world Sunday to watch neighboring India's right-wing tilt.

via Pakistan PM Imran Khan Calls on World to Pay Attention to India’s “Fascist, Racist Hindu Supremacist Ideology and Leadership” | Common Dreams News

Trade

Is China Stealing a March on Trump in Pakistan amid New Trade War?

The influential Pakistani military is heavily dependent on the US for its equipment and arms, while Pakistan’s wobbly economy may soon need a loan from the US-led International Monetary Fund (IMF).

However Pakistan also owes China a lot of money, and in truth America and it have been drifting apart at least since the Obama administration. Therefore the growing quarrel between its two patrons puts Islamabad in a tricky geopolitical position. For all the advantages of being able to play each off against the other in the short term, Islamabad will be hoping it can avoid having to choose between them.

via Is China Stealing a March on Trump in Pakistan amid New Trade War?

IS

Nukes within a year? ISIS magazine boasts they can be bought in Pakistan — RT News

Reuters / Stringer

Nukes within a year? ISIS magazine boasts they can be bought in Pakistan — RT News.