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India-Pakistan

NA Accepts Nomination Papers Of Shehbaz, Qureshi For PM Post

2022-04-11

[NATION.PK] Nomination papers of Pakistain Moslem League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi
Mehmood <q>Wormtongue</q> Qureshi

...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached...
of Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) for the post of Prime Minister have been accepted by National Assembly Secretariat on Sunday.PTI raised objections to the PML-N president’s nomination papers which were rejected.

Talking about it PTI leader Ali Muhammad Khan said that we have raised our objections, adding that Shehbaz Sharif has been facing corruption charges. He is out on bail in various cases.

After the nomination papers were accepted, Shehbaz Sharif and Shah Mehmood Qureshi will come face to face in the Assembly tomorrow for the election of the new Prime Minister.

On behalf of PTI, Maleeka Bokhari received nomination papers for the new Prime Minister from the Assembly Secretariat. The decision on the PM candidate was taken at a meeting of the party leadership core committee.

The meeting was chaired by former Prime Minister Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree...
and was attended by Chief Ministers, Governor Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....
and Governor Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and senior party leadership. The meeting also considered the strategy in view of the current political situation.

On the other hand, the United Opposition nominated Shehbaz Sharif as the Leader of the House. His nomination papers were submitted by an opposition delegation to the National Assembly Secretariat.The delegation included Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Ahsan Iqbal, Naveed Qamar, Khawaja Saad Rafique.

While submitting nomination papers, Ahsan Iqbal and Babar Awan even exchanged bitter words.

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India-Pakistan

Power sharing only way to avoid Afghan civil war: FM Qureshi

2021-07-10

[NATION.PK] Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi
...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached...
has said power sharing is the way to avert civil war in Afghanistan.Speaking at the Senate's Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs in Islamabad on Friday, he said it is our effort and desire that the neighboring country does not plunge into the civil war again.

Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Pakistain wants that the dignified return of Afghan refugees be made part of the Afghan grinding of the peace processor.

The Foreign Minister said Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
has an important role regarding Afghanistan which cannot be overlooked.

He said Pakistain s relations with Iran has further strengthened. He said we are establishing border markets with Iran.

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India-Pakistan

Qureshi Thursday said Pakistan had carried out the legislation to move itself from the grey to white list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

2020-07-31

[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi Thursday said Pakistan had carried out the legislation to move itself from the grey to white list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).https://t.co/dxeYqbw8GD
— Daily Times (@dailytimespak) July 30, 2020

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Afghanistan

Afghan peace process: ‘Treaty to be signed in Pakistan’s presence’

2020-02-24

[The News (Pak)] Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi
...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached...
on Saturday said the Afghan peace treaty would be signed in the presence of Pakistain because it was quite impossible to deliver goods without Pakistain’s participation in the final agreement.

Talking to the media here, he said efforts for the success of Afghan grinding of the peace processor were a Herculean task. Pakistain, he said, was making efforts to constitute an extensive delegation after Feb 29 to promote intra-Afghan dialogue. "It was not an easy task and Pakistain's honest efforts made the process finally successful and result-oriented," he added. He said Pakistain made the world realise that Afghan peace was only possible through peace talks and not war. "Pakistain convinced the world to make efforts for a political solution to the Afghan problem through dialogue. It was hard to convince Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
for the grinding of the peace processor, but Pakistain made them join the process," he added.

Qureshi said Pakistain played a key role in resumption of the grinding of the peace processor, which had been suspended since US President Trump tweeted about suspension of Afghan grinding of the peace processor after killings in Afghanistan. Pakistain made positive efforts for early resumption of dialogue, he added.

The foreign minister said Pakistain played a key role in the release of two abductees and got dialogue resumed in Doha, which was not an easy task. He said signs were positive as both parties in Afghan grinding of the peace processor had declared settling of affairs and reaching an agreement.

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India-Pakistan

FM Qureshi wishes Geelani speedy recovery

2020-02-18

[DAWN] Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi
Mehmood <q>Wormtongue</q> Qureshi

...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached...
on Sunday prayed for early recovery of Syed Ali Geelani, the chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, from illness and said that his existence was a great source of encouragement for the people of Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
In a video message, the foreign minister prayed for the APHC leader’s good health and long life.

"You are a rock in your resolve. The way you have represented the unarmed people of Kashmir over the last six decades and became a flag bearer of their right to self-determination, is unprecedented in the history," the foreign minister said.

No worldly favours, oppression, torture or detention could deter Mr Geelani’s resolve, Mr Qureshi said.

He said that after India’s unilateral action of Aug 5, the people who had been opposing Mr Geelani’s viewpoint were now admitting their mistake of wasting their time for believing the Indian government’s false commitments on Kashmir.

The foreign minister said that the people of Pakistain and Azad Jammu and Kashmir living anywhere in the world were praying for recuperation of the Hurriyat leader because Mr Geelani had become a symbol of courage, resolve and the ideology of self-determination.

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Afghanistan

Pakistan and Taliban call for U.S. to resume Afghan peace talks

2019-10-04

ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR (Reuters) - Peace talks in Afghanistan must resume as soon as possible, Pakistan and the Taliban militant group urged on Thursday, after President Donald Trump broke off negotiations last month seeking to end the United States’ longest war.
"Hudna!"
Trump halted talks with the group, aimed at striking a deal for U.S. and other foreign troops to withdraw in exchange for Taliban security guarantees, after it carried out a bomb attack in Kabul that killed 12 people, including a U.S. soldier.

"Both sides agreed on the need for the earliest resumption of the peace process," Pakistan’s foreign office said in a statement on Thursday after Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi met a Taliban delegation that is visiting Islamabad.

The U.S. embassy in the Pakistani capital did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The United States has long considered Pakistan’s cooperation crucial to efforts to end the war in Afghanistan.

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India-Pakistan

'Historic day': PM Imran inaugurates 24/7 border crossing at Torkham

2019-09-19

[DAWN] Prime Minister Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight...
on Wednesday formally inaugurated the opening of the Torkham border crossing for 24 hours.

That’s an entrance to Afghanistan for those, like me, who are not geography mavens. It connects Afghanistan's Nangarhar province with Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the busiest crossing along the border, serving as a major transporting, shipping, and receiving site. On the Afghan side the highway goes to Kabul via Jalalabad; on the Pakistani side the highway goes to Peshawar, then connects to Islamabad. Forward Operating Base Torkham (FOB Torkham) hosts an American contingent.

The premier was accompanied by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi
Mehmood <q>Wormtongue</q> Qureshi

...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached...
and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan as he inaugurated the Integrated Transit Trade Management System. He was also given a briefing on the border terminal.

Addressing a presser on the occasion, Prime Minister Imran said the round-the-clock opening of the border crossing will facilitate trade in the region.

"I consider this to be a very historic day," he said, noting that trade with Afghanistan had jumped by 50 per cent during the trial of the 24/7 border opening alone.

He said the region will be transformed as soon as peace is established in Afghanistan and the trade activities will reach as far as Central Asia.

"The lives of people in this region will be changed," he said, adding that Beautiful Downtown Peshawar

...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
will become a regional hub of business activities which will generate employment opportunities.

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India-Pakistan

Pakistan denies Indian president's request to use its airspace for overflight

2019-09-08

[DAWN] Pakistain has decided to refuse a request by India to allow its president to use Pak airspace for his flight to Iceland, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi
Mehmood <q>Wormtongue</q> Qureshi

...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached...
announced on Saturday.

The decision to deny Indian President Ram Nath Kovind the use of Pak airspace was approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight...
in view of India's continuing oppression of the people in occupied Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
, the minister told state broadcaster PTV.

Qureshi said New Delhi's "barbarism" in Kashmir was a serious issue which he would take up with the United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
Human Rights Council.

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Afghanistan

Afghan, Pakistani foreign ministers discuss deadly Kandahar attack

2018-10-20

[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani discussed the deadly Kandahar attack with his Pak counterpart Shah

Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi during a telephone conversation today.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement said the foreign minister of Pakistain Shah Mehmood Qureshi called the Afghan foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani to express condolences regarding the deadly attack in Kandahar.

The statement further added that Mr. Qureshi condemned the attack and conveyed the Pak Prime Minister and Chief of Army Staff’s message of condemnation regarding the incident.

In his turn, Mr. Rabbani said the attack in Kandahar province has been carried out at a time when Afghanistan is preparing for the parliamentary elections.

Rabbani further added that the attack indicates that the terror groups are attempting to jeopardize the elections, however he emphasized that Afghan nation would not allow the hard boyz to do so.

He also added that the liquidation of Gen. Abdul Raziq and his comrades has raised some questions and therefore the Afghan government has launched an investigation in this regard.

Rabbani said the Afghan government wants Pak’s cooperation in identifying the perpetrators of the incident considering that the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
group has grabbed credit behind the attack and the group’s leadership is based in Pakistain.

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India-Pakistan

Doctor who helped find Bin Laden ‘unwell’ in tiny cell

2018-10-12

[AsiaTimes] Dr Shakil Afridi helped the CIA track down al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden but is considered a traitor in Pakistan. A new law will allow his conviction to be challenged in a higher court.

The doctor who helped the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) hunt down Osama Bin Laden – by running a fake vaccination campaign in 2011 – is being held in a high-security prison in Pakistan’s central Punjab, where he has reportedly been in very poor health.

Sources among Dr Shakil Afridi’s family and his lead attorney have confirmed that the jail authorities do not allow his lawyers to meet him. The family is also not permitted to deliver everyday essentials to Afridi, who is incarcerated in a tiny cell just 1.5 square meters (5×5 ft) in size in a heavily fortified jail equipped with high-tech security.

The prison in Sahiwal, where Dr Afridi is in solitary confinement, was built for dangerous and high profile prisoners from all over the country.

It has an automatic locking system for each cell and state-of-the-art gadgetry including CCTV cameras, computers, delta barriers, jamming devices, walkthrough gates, and watchtowers. A five-layer security cover and round-the-clock patrolling by elite Police commandoes make it the most protected jail in Pakistan.

His elder brother Jameel told Asia Times: “The facilities normally available to common prisoners under the jail manual are denied to Dr Afridi. The authorities gave me his soap, razor, towel, toothpaste, brushes, slippers, joggers, socks and vests last time I visited him in Sahiwal.”

He said Shakil’s health was deteriorating in the small detention cell where mosquitoes buzz around at night. “They turned over his prayer beads and prayer mats and refused to allow these items in the cell. The jail authorities did not even allow hair dye, which I bought for him,” Jamal lamented.

Last week, Pakistan’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. During an interview with Fox News, he gave an assurance that the government was still considering whether to release Shakil Afridi.

“He is viewed as a traitor in Pakistan but a friend in the US. So we have to bridge this gap,” Fox News quoted him as saying. He claimed that Dr Afridi had undergone a legal process in Pakistan and was given a fair chance to plead his case. “He was sentenced, convicted and [is] serving a sentence and we expect you would respect our legal process, as we respect yours,” Qureshi added.

Qamar Nadeem, Dr Afridi’s lead attorney, said: “The frosty relations with the US cannot be normalized until Pakistan sympathetically reconsiders the plight of Afridi’s family, withdraws all cases against him and allows him to join his family as a free citizen.”

He alluded to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent visit to Islamabad, saying the government would give a boost to US-Pakistan relations if Afridi was set free. “Whatever effort they make in trying to normalize the [bilateral] relationship will not be effective until a decision is taken to determine the fate of Dr Afridi.”

The lawyer said Dr Afridi was convicted in a concocted case for helping the CIA locate Bin Laden, an act that Pakistani authorities believed was “treasonous.”
He said the charge of funding, harboring, facilitating the Lashkar e-Islam terrorist group was a way to cover the anger of the establishment. “He is languishing in jail for years facing phony charges that were never substantiated at any stage of his protracted legal battle,” Nadeem claimed.

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India-Pakistan

Pakistan’s new government vows to strengthen Pak-Afghan ties, regional security

2018-09-17

[KhaamaPress] Pakistain’s Foreign Minister Shah

Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi met with the Chief Executive of the Unity Government of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah

... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun...
during his visit to Kabul, delivering the message of the new government of Pakistain in support of regional security.

Qureshi, quoted in a statement released by the Office of the Chief Executive, said the Pak delegation has visited Kabul with a message to strengthen bilateral relations between Kabul and Islamabad.

He said the new government in Pakistain is prepared to cooperate with Afghanistan in improving the regional security.

The Pak Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi arrived in Kabul accompanying a delegation of high level Pak officials.

The Office of the President, ARG Palace, in a statement had earlier said that President Ghani met with the Pak delegation led by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Gul Khana Palace.

The statement further added that the two sides discussed security, regional peace and stability, joint fight against terrorism, and other issues related to Afghanistan Pakistain Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity.

Pointing towards the importance of Afghanistan Pakistain Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity, President Ghani said it is a comprehensive plan and its effective would only be noted once practical steps have been taken.

According to ARG Palace, the two sides also held talks regarding the practical steps to be taken as part of the Afghanistan Pakistain Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity and Pakistain’s support to an Afghan-led grinding of the peace processor.

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India-Pakistan

Imran, Qadri protest to the same tune

2014-08-22

[DAWN] The Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) decided to call off talks with the federal government in protest of what it claimed to be the government's efforts to prevent movement in Islamabad's 'Red Zone'. Moments after this announcement, Dr Tahirul Qadri
...Pak politician, and would-be dictator, founder and head of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran and Pakistain Awami Tehrik. He usually resides in Canada, but returns to Pakistain periodically to foam at the mouth and lead demonstrations. Depending on which way the wind's blowing, Qadri claims to be the author of Pak's blasphemy law. Other times he says it wasn't him...
addressed supporters, lambasting the government for restricting movement.

Senior PTI leader Shah

Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi said the party has decided that the negotiations will stay suspended until the government stops the "crackdown against party workers".

Speaking to Dawn, PTI leader and member of the negotiations committee Dr Arif Alvi claimed that the government is not serious about dialogue.

"They should tell us where they want to take this dialogue. They have 'containerised' us. It is impossible to get into or out of the Red zone," said Alvi.

"We cannot negotiate with them as long as they continue with their crackdown (against party workers)," he said.

Additionally, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that PTI will not start the negotiation process with the government until additional containers — which have been placed again — are not removed.

PTI chairman Imran Khan

... aka Taliban Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree...
has earlier claimed that the government has tossed in the calaboose
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
over 4,000 PTI workers.

The announcement to call off talks comes after a delegation of PTI leaders — comprising Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Jahangir Tareen, Arif Alvi and Asad Umar — met a government-backed team of negotiators on Wednesday night. The government team included Abdul Qadir Baloch, Ahsan Iqbal and Ijazul Haq among others.

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