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A decade has passed since Operation Neptune Spear struck into the heart of Pakistan. The clandestine US mission targeted a residential compound in Abbottabad, close to a local military academy, and eliminated Osama Bin Laden. In the immediate aftermath, questions were raised regarding the efficacy of Pakistan’s intelligence agencies since the Al Qaeda chief had reportedly been living in the area since 2005.
The year 2011 was a particularly bad one for Pak-US ties. In January, Raymond Davis, a CIA operative killed three individuals in Lahore; two in alleged self-defence and the third in a “hit and run” accident as his car sped away from the scene on the wrong side of the road. The unilateral strike against Bin Laden took place in May. By the year’s end in November, US-led NATO forces attacked a Pakistan Army checkpost in Salala, killing 28 Pakistani military personnel. Pakistan retaliated by shutting down US bases on this side of the border and block
Gulf between Pakistan govt, opposition widens
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Gulf between Pakistan govt, opposition widens
Omer Farooq Khan / TNN / Dec 28, 2020, 23:30 IST
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ISLAMABAD: The gulf between Pakistan’s government and opposition has widened, with the 11-party united opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) reiterating its threats of a long march on Islamabad if Prime Minister Imran Khan fails to step down by January 31.
To mark the 13th death anniversary of former PM Benazir Bhutto in Garhi Khuda Bux in Larkana, Sindh province, on Sunday, PDM politicians, in a new power show, had gathered to address a public gathering of thousands.
Opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari promised that if Khan did not resign, “jiyalas (PPP loyalists)” would “drag him off his seat”. Recounting his family’s struggle for democratic rule in Pakistan, Bhutto-Zardari said they had “sacrificed” their lives in the service of