KARACHI: Pakistan Democratic Movement President Fazlur Rehman Sunday said it was their unanimous decision to stage a sit-in in Islamabad after March 26 and they will not come and go away but.
Former adviser to the Obama administration, Dr Barnett R Rubin, sees a ‘reborn’ role for Pakistan in US President Biden’s review of the US-Afghan deal. Photo courtesy Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
LAHORE: Former adviser to the Obama administration, Dr Barnett R Rubin, sees a ‘reborn’ role for Pakistan in US President Biden’s review of the US-Afghan deal.
“Given Biden’s call to review, a time has come when Pakistan is supposed to play its anchoring role in the US-Afghan Taliban peace deal with the support of other regional powers by re-collaborating the implementation of agreement on rescheduling of US troops withdrawal, return of prisoners of war, ceasefire, UN sanctions on Taliban and future political roadmap that leads to an interim government in Afghanistan,” said the head of Centre on International Cooperation, New York University.
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In Rumi‘s opinion, crimes against electronic media and newspaper reporters have been increasing because of the growing militancy in the country. He recalls that the state had been the only source of censorship in the past.
“In recent decades, however, the rise of militias and vigilante groups has made it worse. In addition to the state, non-state actors, sometimes in collusion with their patrons in the state, unleash violence against journalists. Under the current hybrid regime, the need to control the narrative has become even more paramount with more and more voices on social media challenging the official policies,” he elaborates.