Tag: fraught

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s first visit China, since he took office in April this year, is fraught with challenges. His two-day visit starting November 1 comes at a time when Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has launched a long march against the federal government. With Pakistan’s economy ...

Pakistan’s governments have been variously arrogant, condescending, incompetent, steeped in self-interest, mired in corruption. They included constitutional contortionists and presidential despots anointed with the unholy oil of judicial dispensation. Most are best forgotten. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan can claim a unique title for his period in office – ...

The Afghan government, which was in the throes of a political crisis over a disputed presidential election held last September, balked at being told to free 5,000 Taliban but eventually relented.U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who invested a year and a half negotiating the peace deal, called negotiations between ...