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Pakistan post-Sharif: expect little change
Posted By Claude Rakisits on August 15, 2017 @ 14:30
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[1] elected: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/shahid-khaqan-abbasi-pakistan-elect-new-prime-minister-nawaz-sharif-a7871881.html
[2] resigned: https://www.dawn.com/news/1348191/nawaz-sharif-steps-down-as-pm-after-scs-disqualification-verdict
[3] quite probable: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/09/shehbaz-likely-to-lead-pml-n-as-party-head/
[4] 47 members: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/pakistan-hindu-cabinet-government-darshan-lal-muslim-league-prime-minister-shahid-khaqan-abbasi-a7878101.html
[5] a staunch ally of the former prime minister: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1474377/full-time-foreign-minister-finally/
[6] we will respond forcefully: http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-s-claim-of-surgical-strike-fabrication-of-truth-says-pakistan-army/story-wUxpSBbD5J3vJ4S87bn0TJ.html
[7] Pakistan would help Kashmiris achieve their right to hold a referendum: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1475370/lets-talk-kashmir-new-fm-khawaja-asif-tells-india/
[8] some of which are planned from Pakistan: https://www.csis.org/analysis/giving-afghanistan-fighting-last-chance
[9] Afghanistan is enmeshed in an undeclared war with Pakistan: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/afghan-peace-conference-opens-in-kabul-under-rocket-fire/2017/06/06/40d1cd32-2ae8-42a6-8d68-6ea04bb3cfc9_story.html?utm_term=.762b538ac21d
[10] finalised by mid-July: http://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2017/06/13/mattis-promises-new-afghanistan-strategy-by-mid-july/
[11] White House remains divided, confused and confusing over this issue: http://thewashingtonpost.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
[12] repeatedly stated: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/with-us-general-under-fire-afghans-fear-being-abandoned-by-trump/2017/08/04/afe1375a-7899-11e7-8c17-533c52b2f014_story.html?utm_term=.c2445b84e1e8
[13] the higher echelons of the US military and bureaucracy: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/world/asia/sharif-resignation-us-policy-pakistan.html
[14] stated in a recent interview: http://www.tolonews.com/index.php/afghanistan/taliban-haqqani-network-has-support-basses-pakistan-mcmaster
[15] Congress recently withheld: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/21/politics/us-withhold-funds-pakistan-haqqani-taliban/index.html
[16] recently stressed: https://www.dawn.com/news/1349583
[17] recently said at a meeting here in Washington: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/past-events/media-diplomacy-challenging-the-indo-pak-narrative
[18] given the infighting in the White House: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/07/24/donald-trump-afghanistan-215412