#Mohammad Nawaz Sharif

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Government of the Punjab, Lahore Ph. 99201390.

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CM Maryam Nawaz Sharif Pays Tribute to PM Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif for His Remarkable Address at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

Lahore, 28 September 2024:

“Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif presented the case of people of Palestine in an excellent manner,” said Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif while paying him rich tribute for his remarkable address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). She added,”Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif expressed the sentiments of every Pakistani.” She highlighted,”Prime Minister Mohammad Shehbaz Sharif also presented the case of Kashmiris in a strong manner.” She flagged,”Pakistan was, is and will always be with the people of Kashmir and Palestine.”

Madam Chief Minister said,”Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif took a bold step by giving a stern message to India for not giving up aggression in Kashmir.” She added,”Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government has always presented the case of Kashmir at every international forum in a befitting manner.” She underscored,”Hearts of people of Punjab beat with Palestinians and Kashmiris.”

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Mohammad Sharif Raza Pali | Tu Bada Garib Nawaz Hain | @newraazislamic

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On This Day: Pakistan Becomes a Nuclear Power

On May 28, 1998, Pakistan announced that it had successfully conducted five nuclear tests

— Social Desk | The Express Tribune

The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) reported that the tests conducted on May 28 generated a seismic signal of 5.0 on the Richter scale, with a total yield of up to 40 KT.

Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme architect Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan claimed that one device was a boosted fission device and that the other four were sub-kiloton nuclear devices. Following this, on 30 May 1998, Pakistan tested yet another nuclear warhead with a reported yield of 12 kilotons.

Test Site: Ras Koh Hills in the Chagai district of Balochistan, Pakistan

Chagai-I:

The nuclear tests were performed at Ras Koh Hills in the Chagai district of Balochistan. Chagai-I was Pakistan's first public test of nuclear weapons. Its timing was a strategic response to India's second nuclear tests, on 11 and 13 May 1998.

The total number of claimed tests was six, with another device reportedly being left undetonated.

Socio-Political Climate:

As Pakistan became one of the nine states to possess nuclear weapons, it is pertinent to note that it came on the heels of India conducting its own nuclear tests.

Since the timing of Chagai-I was a strategic, yet direct response to India's second nuclear tests, it is argued that 28th May marks the day that prevented war between India and Pakistan

Operation Brasstacks:

Planned and executed by the Indian Army, Operation Brasstacks was a major combined arms military exercise of the Indian Armed Forces in the Rajasthan state of India, adjacent to the border with Pakistan. It took place in 1986.

While India claims that the operation was merely to test the new concepts in Indian warfare, over 600,000 Indian troops had been amassed near the border of Pakistan - which is precisely why many claims revolve around Operation Brasstacks not being a military exercise, but a scheme to build up the situation for a fourth war with Pakistan.

The PAEC weapon testing team at Koh Kambaran, with team leader Samar Mubarakmand (right of the man in the blue beret), Tariq Salija, Irfan Burney, and Tasneem Shah. The better known A. Q. Khan of Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) is left of the man in the blue beret (who may be General Zulfikar Ali).

Timeline:

In December 1989, armed resistance to Indian rule in occupied Kashmir began with support from Pakistan. Then in April 1990, a crisis in the valley broke out as Indian military mobilisation threatened to incite war between India and Pakistan. Following this, in May 1998, India detonated five nuclear devices - and in response, Pakistan claimed six detonations, averting a full-scale India-Pakistan war.

Brief History of Pakistan's Nuclear Programme:

Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme was established in 1972 by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who founded the programme while he was minister for fuel, power and natural resources, and later became president and prime minister. Shortly after the loss of East Pakistan in the 1971 war with India, Bhutto initiated the programme with a meeting of physicists and engineers at Multan in January 1972.

According to Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons Program archives, India's test created an untenable situation for then Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif. In the wake of India's tests, Pakistan felt an urgent need to demonstrate its own prowess in a similar manner for many reasons - to deny India the unilateral technical advantage it might have gained from conducting tests and to revise the power dynamics between the two countries.

Pressure for test spanned the political spectrum from liberals like opposition leader Benazir Bhutto to the religious right. Bhutto reportedly went so far as to declare that "if there is the military capability to eliminate India's nuclear capacity, it should be used."

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Pakistan abuzz with rumours of ‘Civil War’ after reports of Pak Rangers kidnapping police chief Pakistan's army chief has ordered an inquiry into allegations that Sindh's police chief was kidnapped by army soldiers who were forced to order the arrest of the son-in-law of exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

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“Being a Muslim, it's really depressing to see Muslim leaders. Not a single one care about their subjects. Saudi is de facto ruled by a butcher. King Abdullah is corrupt. King Mohammad VI is a hypocrite, the drunk video leak proves. UAE emirs are the worst misogynist. Other Arabs are busy making money while world is on the brink of recession. Iran is killing people & the rest are highly corrupt like Nawaz Sharif while they together could be the most powerful nation as they've LITERALLY EVERYTHING!” - Submitted by Anonymous

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Pulwama Attack: भारत से तनाव कम करने के लिए पाक ने UN से लगाई गुहार

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जम्मू-कश्मीर के पुलवामा में हुए आतंकवादी (Pulwama Terror Attack) हमले के बाद भारत के साथ बढ़े ‘तनाव को कम’ करने के लिए पाकिस्तान ने संयुक्त राष्ट्र (United Nations) से तत्काल हस्तक्षेप करने की अपील की है.

पाकिस्तानी विदेश मंत्रालय ने बताया कि देश के विदेश मंत्री शाह महमूद कुरैशी ने…

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Syed Yasir Hussain Gurdezi

SYED YASIR HUSSAIN GURDEZI.

MESSENGER OF GARIB NAWAZ

GADDI NASHIN AND KEY HOLDER

Center of Sufism, Ajmer Sharif.

Chishtiya Sufi Mission :-

A Humble 26 Generation Gaddi Nashin (Hereditary Custodains / Key Holder) of Sultan UI Hind Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hassan Chishty (R.A) Sufi Shrine of Dargah Ajmer Sharif India. Sufi Shah Syed Yasir Hussain Gurdezi is born on 18 April 1972 among the "Syed-ul-Saddat" and Chishty Guedezi family of Ajmer Sharif" whose lineage goes back all the way to the Holy Prophet of Islam Hazrat SYEDNA MOHAMMAD (SAW). Sufi Syed Yasir Guedezi is the grandson of Harzat khwaja Fakruddin Gurdezi who was khas khadim and Gaddi Nashin of ( Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hassan Chishty R.A ) from past 800 Years. They are doing thier khidmat e Khalq (service) in darbar sharif. My Message:Dear Sufi Brother and SisterGarib nawaz (R.A), a great sufi saint of indian provision. the holi shrine of this saint is visited by people of different caste, creed, and colour who visits here to fulfill there wisher desires and infact. it is ture that nobady ever return empty handed from khwaja's darbar because of this the number of people visiting this holy shrine is increasing day by day. if we see we will find that this is great miracle that in this age where every house of ours is surrounded with less no respect for elders in children, selfishness is dominating like cancer our narrow subsistence is leading to a decrease in the graph of belief - there is trade without prosperity, propertt without satisfaction and all these had made the life miserable.My Dear, there is certainly a rilief for this domestic and social confusion and the treatment lies among the religious person (sufis) such as khwaja garib nawaz (r.a) who preached the effective and proper way of treatment - living among humans they issued ways of treatment and reformation as preashed and directed by allah and if we follow them we can achieve peace of mind and soul in our lives and we can secure our inner and outside in this world and the world hereafter. so brother i khadim of huzoor gharib nawaz (r.a) we will suggest you to follow the message and mission of gharib nawaz (r.a) and if possible visit this holy shrine and spend few days over here. inshaalla your interrest and attachment with this darbar of allah’s wallie will give you new strenth, power, courage to conquer both the world our keep in touch with me so that i may give you a helping hand in future and it is imaan that within few day you will see that you have achieve divine wealth of love, blessings, belive, confidence, peace of mind an soul.

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T20 World Cup 2022

If you are a cricket enthusiast, the upcoming days are no less than a festival for you. Everyone is excited about the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. It is the eighth edition of the T20 World Cup, the first time it will host on Aussie Soil. The hosting nation is one of the most powerful cricketing nations in the World. They are the defending champions and have the golden opportunity to make history by winning twice a row. 

Here all the squad for the T20 World Cup 2022:-

Group A teams:-

Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (c), JJ Smit, Divan la Cock, Stephan Baard, Nicol Loftie Eaton, Jan Frylinck, David Wiese, Ruben Trumpelmann, Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni, Lungameni, Michael van Lingen, Ben Shikongo, Karl Birkenstock, Lohan Louwrens, Helao Ya France

Netherlands: Scott Edwards (c), Colin Ackermann, Shariz Ahmad, Logan van Beek, Tom Cooper, Brandon Glover, Timm van der Gugten, Fred Klaassen, Bas de Leede, Paul van Meekeren, Roelof van der Merwe, Stephan Myburgh, Teja Nidamanuru, Max O’Dowd, Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh.

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera (subject to fitness), Lahiru Kumara (subject to fitness), Dilshan Madushanka, Pramod Madushan. Standby Players: Ashen Bandara, Praveen Jayawickrema, Dinesh Chandimal, Binura Fernando, Nuwanidu Fernando.

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United Arab Emirates: C P Rizwaan (c), Vriitya Aravind, Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem, Basil Hameed, Aryan Lakra, Zawar Farid, Kashif Daud, Karthik Meiyappan, Ahmed Raza, Zahoor Khan, Junaid Siddique, Sabir Ali, Alishan Sharafu, Aayan Khan. Standby Players: Sultan Ahmed, Fahad Nawaz, Vishnu Sukumaran, Adithya Shetty, Sanchit Sharma.

Group B teams:-

Ireland: Andrew Balbirnie (c), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Fionn Hand, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Conor Olphert, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young.

Scotland: Richard Berrington (c), George Munsey, Michael Leask, Bradley Wheal, Chris Sole, Chris Greaves, Safyaan Sharif, Josh Davey, Matthew Cross, Calum MacLeod, Hamza Tahir, Mark Watt, Brandon McMullen, Michael Jones, Craig Wallace.

West Indies: Nicholas Pooran (c), Rovman Powell, Yannic Cariah, Johnson Charles, Sheldon Cottrell, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Kyle Mayers, Obed Mccoy, Raymon Reifer, Odean Smith.

Zimbabwe: Craig Ervine (c), Ryan Burl, Regis Chakabva, Tendai Chatara, Bradley Evans, Luke Jongwe, Clive Madande, Wessly Madhevere, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Sikandar Raza, Milton Shumba, Sean Williams. Standby Players: Tanaka Chivanga, Innocent Kaia, Kevin Kasuza, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Victor Nyauchi.

Super 12 Group 1:-

Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azmatullah Omarzai, Darwish Rasooli, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq, Qais Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Salim Safi, Usman Ghani. Standby Players: Afsar Zazai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rahmat Shah, Gulbadin Naib.

Australia: Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa.

England: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Alex Hales. Standby Players: Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson, Tymal Mills.

New Zealand: Kane Williamson (c), Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips, Jimmy Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Adam Milne, Martin Guptill, Lachlan Ferguson, Devon Conway, Mark Chapman, Michael Bracewell, Trent Boult, Finn Allen.

Super 12 Group 2:-

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Afif Hossain, Mossadek Hossain, Litton Das, Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Najmul Hossain, Nasum Ahmed. Standby Players: Shoriful Islam, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Soumya Sarkar.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh. Standby Players: Mohammad Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Usman Qadir. Standby Players: Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Haris, Shahnawaz Dahani.

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, Reeza Hendricks, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Rillee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs. Standby Players: Bjorn Fortuin, Marco Jansen, Andile Phehlukwayo.

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Hamza moves SC over full court bench formation on Punjab CM plea - Pakistan

Hamza moves SC over full court bench formation on Punjab CM plea – Pakistan

Pakistan Pakistan Hamza moves SC over full court bench formation on Punjab CM plea Close Hamza prayed that the ruling of Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Mohammad Mazari is correct. 25 July,2022 01:02 pm ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shahbaz Sharif on Monday filed a petition in Supreme Court to form a full court bench on the Punjab Chief Minister plea…

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Prime minister's visit to Mansehra put off until 29th - Pakistan

Prime minister’s visit to Mansehra put off until 29th – Pakistan

MANSEHRA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Parliamentary Leader in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Sardar Mohammad Yusuf has said Prime Minister Shabhaz Sharif’s scheduled May 26 visit to the district has been postponed. “The PM was due here on Thursday to address a public meeting, but due to his hectic engagements, the visit would now take place on May 29,” he told reporters on Tuesday. Mr Yusuf said…

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Imran Khan will shiver if Nawaz Sharif announces his return, says Zubair

Imran Khan will shiver if Nawaz Sharif announces his return, says Zubair

PML-N senior leader Muhammad Zubair. Photo: file  Party to decide when Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan, says Mohammad Zubair. Nawaz, Maryam being victimised in the name of accountability.Zubair says Nawaz Sharif is a fearless leader. ISLAMABAD: PML-N senior leader and former Sindh governor Muhammad Zubair Thursday said Prime Minister Imran Khan will “shiver” the day PML-N supremo Nawaz…

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'Convenient Scapegoat': Imran Khan Urges West Against Blaming Pakistan For 'Unwinnable' Afghan War

— Sangeeta Yadav - Sputnik International | September 29, 2021

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has addressed several reports which claim that Islamabad is actively supporting the Taliban and that the terrorists could not have been successful in their offensive without the country's assistance.

In an opinion piece published in The Washington Post on Monday, Khan criticises the Afghan and Western governments for making his country "a convenient scapegoat" for the outcome of the war in Afghanistan.

"Let me put it plainly. Since 2001, I have repeatedly warned that the Afghan war was unwinnable. Given their history, Afghans would never accept a protracted foreign military presence, and no outsider, including Pakistan, could change this reality," he writes.

Khan hits out at successive Pakistani governments and former military chief Pervez Musharraf, saying that they had sought to please the US instead of pointing out the flaws of a military-driven approach in Afghanistan.

"Pakistan’s military dictator Pervez Musharraf agreed to every American demand for military support after 9/11. This cost Pakistan, and the United States, dearly," he stresses.

Citing an incident of the US support for the Afghan Taliban way back in the 1980s, PM Khan points out how then US President Ronald Reagan hosted them at the White House during the days when the CIA and Pakistan's spy agency ISI trained them to fight against the Soviets.

"Once the Soviets were defeated, the United States abandoned Afghanistan and sanctioned my country, leaving behind over 4 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan and a bloody civil war in Afghanistan. From this security vacuum emerged the Taliban, many born and educated in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan," he argues.

"Fast forward to 9/11, when the United States needed us again — but this time against the very actors we had jointly supported to fight foreign occupation," adds Khan.

He laments how General Musharraf, who was then ruling over Pakistan, turned a blind eye to US drone attacks and gave the CIA a foot hold in Pakistan.

He also regrets how Pakistani troops were sent into the semi-autonomous tribal areas on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, "which had earlier been used as the staging ground for the anti-Soviet jihad."

"The fiercely independent Pashtun tribes in these areas had deep ethnic ties with the Taliban," he writes.

Between 2005 and 2016, Khan shares, about 16,000 terrorist attacks were conducted against Pakistan by over 50 militant groups, who viewed Washington and Islamabad as collaborators.

"We suffered more than 80,000 casualties and lost over $150 billion in the economy. The conflict drove 3.5 million of our citizens from their homes. The militants escaping from Pakistani counterterrorism efforts entered Afghanistan and were then supported and financed by Indian and Afghan intelligence agencies, launching even more attacks against us," he says.

Pakistan "a Convenient Scapegoat"

Calling former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari "the most corrupt man to have led my country," Khan has blasted both him and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, accusing them of not worrying about the collateral damage caused by US drone strikes.

"In Afghanistan, the lack of legitimacy for an outsider’s protracted war was compounded by a corrupt and inept Afghan government, seen as a puppet regime without credibility, especially by rural Afghans," he says.

Khan highlights that Islamabad offered Kabul a joint border visibility mechanism, suggesting biometric border controls, advocated fencing the border, and other measures. However, each and every idea was rejected.

"Instead, the Afghan government intensified the 'blame Pakistan' narrative, aided by Indian-run fake news networks operating hundreds of propaganda outlets in multiple countries," the article continues.

Khan says that the collapse of the Afghan Army and the Ashraf Ghani government could have been avoided if a more realistic approach was adopted.

"Surely Pakistan is not to blame for the fact that 300,000-plus well-trained and well-equipped Afghan security forces saw no reason to fight the lightly armed Taliban. The underlying problem was an Afghan government structure lacking legitimacy in the eyes of the average Afghan," he adds.

'Engage With New Afghan Government'

Khan opines that the "right thing" right now for the world to do would be to engage with the new Afghanistan government for the sake of peace and stability, and by assuring constant humanitarian aid, the Taliban will have greater incentive to honour the global community's demands.

"Providing such incentives will also give the outside world additional leverage to continue persuading the Taliban to honor its commitments," he adds.

"If we do this right, we could achieve what the Doha peace process aimed at all along: an Afghanistan that is no longer a threat to the world, where Afghans can finally dream of peace after four decades of conflict. The alternative — abandoning Afghanistan — has been tried before," warns the Pakistan Prime Minister.

On 15 August, Taliban insurgents took control of the last government-controlled border crossing, leaving Kabul Airport as the only route out of the country. They subsequently surrounded and captured the Afghan capital after the city surrendered without a fight, and Ghani fled for the UAE.

On 6 September, the Taliban announced that the last resisting province, Panjshir, had come under their control. Shortly after, the group announced the formation of a new interim government of Afghanistan. Mohammad Hasan Akhund, who has been on the UN sanctions list since 2001, became the head of the new cabinet.

Opinion: Imran Khan: Don’t Blame Pakistan for the Outcome of the War in Afghanistan

— The Washington Post | September 29, 2021

A man surveys the site of the blast targeting the government girls school in Tank, Pakistan, on Sept. 22. (Saood Rehman/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Imran Khan is the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Watching the recent Congressional hearings on Afghanistan, I was surprised to see that no mention was made of Pakistan’s sacrifices as a U.S. ally in the war on terror for more than two decades. Instead, we were blamed for America’s loss.

Let me put it plainly. Since 2001, I have repeatedly warned that the Afghan war was unwinnable. Given their history, Afghans would never accept a protracted foreign military presence, and no outsider, including Pakistan, could change this reality.

Unfortunately, successive Pakistani governments after 9/11 sought to please the United States instead of pointing out the error of a military-dominated approach. Desperate for global relevance and domestic legitimacy, Pakistan’s military dictator Pervez Musharraf agreed to every American demand for military support after 9/11. This cost Pakistan, and the United States, dearly.

Those the United States asked Pakistan to target included groups trained jointly by the CIA and our intelligence agency, the ISI, to defeat the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Back then, these Afghans were hailed as freedom fighters performing a sacred duty. President Ronald Reagan even entertained the mujahideen at the White House.

Once the Soviets were defeated, the United States abandoned Afghanistan and sanctioned my country, leaving behind over 4 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan and a bloody civil war in Afghanistan. From this security vacuum emerged the Taliban, many born and educated in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan.

Fast forward to 9/11, when the United States needed us again — but this time against the very actors we had jointly supported to fight foreign occupation. Musharraf offered Washington logistics and air bases, allowed a CIA footprint in Pakistan and even turned a blind eye to American drones bombing Pakistanis on our soil. For the first time ever, our army swept into the semiautonomous tribal areas on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, which had earlier been used as the staging ground for the anti-Soviet jihad. The fiercely independent Pashtun tribes in these areas had deep ethnic ties with the Taliban and other Islamist militants.

For these people, the United States was an “occupier” of Afghanistan just like the Soviets, deserving of the same treatment. As Pakistan was now America’s collaborator, we too were deemed guilty and attacked. This was made much worse by over 450 U.S. drone strikes on our territory, making us the only country in history to be so bombed by an ally. These strikes caused immense civilian casualties, riling up anti-American (and anti-Pakistan army) sentiment further.

The die was cast. Between 2006 and 2015, nearly 50 militant groups declared jihad on the Pakistani state, conducting over 16,000 terrorist attacks on us. We suffered more than 80,000 casualties and lost over $150 billion in the economy. The conflict drove 3.5 million of our citizens from their homes. The militants escaping from Pakistani counterterrorism efforts entered Afghanistan and were then supported and financed by Indian and Afghan intelligence agencies, launching even more attacks against us.

Pakistan had to fight for its survival. As a former CIA station chief in Kabul wrote in 2009, the country was “beginning to crack under the relentless pressure directly exerted by the US.” Yet the United States continued to ask us to do more for the war in Afghanistan.

A year earlier, in 2008, I met then-Sens. Joe Biden, John F. Kerry and Harry M. Reid (among others) to explain this dangerous dynamic and stress the futility of continuing a military campaign in Afghanistan.

Even so, political expediency prevailed in Islamabad throughout the post-9/11 period. President Asif Zardari, undoubtedly the most corrupt man to have led my country, told the Americans to continue targeting Pakistanis because “collateral damage worries you Americans. It does not worry me.” Nawaz Sharif, our next prime minister, was no different.

While Pakistan had mostly defeated the terrorist onslaught by 2016, the Afghan situation continued to deteriorate, as we had warned. Why the difference? Pakistan had a disciplined army and intelligence agency, both of which enjoyed popular support. In Afghanistan, the lack of legitimacy for an outsider’s protracted war was compounded by a corrupt and inept Afghan government, seen as a puppet regime without credibility, especially by rural Afghans.

Tragically, instead of facing this reality, the Afghan and Western governments created a convenient scapegoat by blaming Pakistan, wrongly accusing us of providing safe havens to the Taliban and allowing its free movement across our border. If it had been so, would the United States not have used some of the 450-plus drone strikes to target these supposed sanctuaries?

Still, to satisfy Kabul, Pakistan offered a joint border visibility mechanism, suggested biometric border controls, advocated fencing the border (which we have now largely done on our own) and other measures. Each idea was rejected. Instead, the Afghan government intensified the “blame Pakistan” narrative, aided by Indian-run fake news networks operating hundreds of propaganda outlets in multiple countries.

A more realistic approach would have been to negotiate with the Taliban much earlier, avoiding the embarrassment of the collapse of the Afghan army and the Ashraf Ghani government. Surely Pakistan is not to blame for the fact that 300,000-plus well-trained and well-equipped Afghan security forces saw no reason to fight the lightly armed Taliban. The underlying problem was an Afghan government structure lacking legitimacy in the eyes of the average Afghan.

Today, with Afghanistan at another crossroads, we must look to the future to prevent another violent conflict in that country rather than perpetuating the blame game of the past.

I am convinced the right thing for the world now is to engage with the new Afghan government to ensure peace and stability. The international community will want to see the inclusion of major ethnic groups in government, respect for the rights of all Afghans and commitments that Afghan soil shall never again be used for terrorism against any country. Taliban leaders will have greater reason and ability to stick to their promises if they are assured of the consistent humanitarian and developmental assistance they need to run the government effectively. Providing such incentives will also give the outside world additional leverage to continue persuading the Taliban to honor its commitments.

If we do this right, we could achieve what the Doha peace process aimed at all along: an Afghanistan that is no longer a threat to the world, where Afghans can finally dream of peace after four decades of conflict. The alternative — abandoning Afghanistan — has been tried before. As in the 1990s, it will inevitably lead to a meltdown. Chaos, mass migration and a revived threat of international terror will be natural corollaries. Avoiding this must surely be our global imperative.

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FIA Books Individuals Involved in Bogus Vaccination Entry of Nawaz Sharif

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has booked two employees of Lahore’s Kot Khawaja Saeed Hospital for making a bogus vaccination entry of former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif.

The FIA registered the case late on Thursday after completing an inquiry into the matter on the directives of the Punjab government.

A hospital guard, Abdul Hassan, and a ward attendant, Adil Rafique, have been named in the FIR that accuses that they used the login details of vaccinator Naveed Altaf to make a fake entry using Nawaz Sharif’s CNIC on 22 September.

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Separately, police have also lodged a case against the two suspects on the complaint of the hospital medical superintendent.

The issue had surfaced on Thursday afternoon when the vaccination data of the PML-N leader was uploaded on the NADRA website. The hospital and the health department lodged an initial inquiry into the matter. Later, the provincial government also asked FIA to investigate the matter.

“It is hereby requested to kindly investigate and take action against the fake entry on the name of Mohammad Nawaz Sharif in the National Immunization Management System,” the letter written by the Punjab health department to FIA said.

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NADRA Data Shows Nawaz Sharif Was ‘Vaccinated’ for COVID-19 in Lahore

The NADRA portal showed Sharif, who has been in self-imposed exile in the United Kingdom (UK) since November 2019,  got the first jab of Sinovac vaccine from Kot Khawaja Saeed Hospital on 22 September. The health facility is located in the stronghold of the PML-N.

The scandal not only casts doubt over the provincial government’s management but also raises questions over the credibility of COVID-19 vaccination records.

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source https://propakistani.pk/2021/09/24/fia-books-individuals-involved-in-bogus-vaccination-entry-of-nawaz-sharif/

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PML-N concedes defeat in crucial Punjab by-elections

PML-N concedes defeat in crucial Punjab by-elections

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif gestures as speaks during a press conference in Karachi. — AFP/File “PML-N should accept results of by-polls with an open heart and concede to the decision of masses,” Maryam Nawaz tweets. PML-N’s senior leader Malik Mohammad Ahmed Khan also acceptes PTI received a “landslide victory”. “This is a difficult situation for us [PML-N] as we have lost…

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5 Points On Mullah Hassan Akhund, Head Of Taliban's New Government In Afghanistan

5 Points On Mullah Hassan Akhund, Head Of Taliban’s New Government In Afghanistan

File photo of former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif (L) and Taliban leader Mohammad Hassan Akhund. New Delhi: Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, a lesser known Taliban leader who is on the UN terror list, will lead a new ‘acting’ government in Afghanistan. He emerged as a compromise candidate amid disagreements within the group. Key points on Mullah Hassan Akhund: Has headed Taliban’s leadership council and…