Pakistan min warned against sacrificing partnership with China for US: Report

 

The latest US intelligence documents revealed that Minister of State for Pakistan's Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar had cautioned the country against sacrificing its strategic partnership with China to maintain a cordial relationship with the United States, ARY News reported.
Pakistan minister of state for foreign affairs Hina Rabbani Khar (AP)
Pakistan minister of state for foreign affairs Hina Rabbani Khar (AP)

In March, Khar argued that her country can "no longer try to maintain a middle ground between China and the United States," the report revealed.
Also read: Did Gen Bajwa realise the futility of Pak's Kashmir pipedream?

The highly classified findings of the US intelligence revealed the internal assessment of Pakistan's policymakers on how to tackle the challenge of the growing tussle between the United States and China.

The US - in the leaked documents - had been able to gain access to the top-secret memo written by Khar.

The leaked intelligence findings offer new insights into the challenges facing President Biden as he seeks global support for his efforts to reject the spread of authoritarianism, contain Russia's belligerence, and counter China's growing global reach.

In an internal memo she titled "Pakistan's Difficult Choices," Khar cautioned that Islamabad should avoid giving the appearance of appeasing the West, and said the instinct to preserve Pakistan's partnership with the United States would ultimately sacrifice the full benefits of what she deemed the country's "real strategic" partnership with China, according to ARY News.

Meanwhile, another document, dated February 17, describes PM Shehbaz Sharif's deliberations with a subordinate about an upcoming UN vote on the Ukraine conflict, and what the government anticipated would be renewed Western pressure to back a resolution condemning Russia's invasion.
Also read: Pakistan approves up to 20% rise in medicine prices amid economic crisis

The aide advised the prime minister that support for the measure would signal a shift in Pakistan's position following its earlier abstention on a similar resolution, the intelligence document says.

The aide noted that Pakistan had the ability to negotiate trade and energy deals with Russia, and backing the Western-backed resolution could jeopardise those ties. When the UN General Assembly voted Feb 23, Pakistan was among 32 countries that abstained, according to ARY News.

https://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/profile/21009236
https://bibnum.obspm.fr/user-profiles/profiles/user/id/7661/type/1
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/edmundho/activity/694251/
http://ubl.xml.org/blog/jerrybranch
https://jobs.iccsafe.org/profile/what-are-the-various-methods-for-repairing-a-loft-ladder/1794554/
https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/membre/edisonstaton

Wrestling Body Chief's Big Claim On Akhilesh Yadav Skipping Delhi Protest

 

Brij Bhushan Singh has reiterated that he was innocent and will cooperate with any inquiry.

New Delhi:

Wrestling Federation of India chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday clarified his cryptic accusation against "one family" and "one akhada (wrestling arena)" which he claimed was out to malign his image by "fake" complaints of sexually harassing women wrestlers. 90 per cent of the athletes and their guardians trust the wrestling federation, he said, adding that the women who have complained against him are all from one family and the same akhada.

"The entire world knows that all these women are from the Mahadev Wrestling Academy and (Congress leader) Deepender Singh Hooda is the patron of that akhada," he told news agency ANI. He further claimed, without mentioning any specific incident, that the protesters have now started speaking against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which should be taken note of as the protesters are also employees of the Indian Railways.

"You don't get justice from Jantar Mantar. If you want justice, you have to go to the police and the court. They never did that until now. Just kept abusing. We will accept whatever the court decides," he added.

When asked why Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party chief and opposition leader in Uttar Pradesh, Brij Bhushan Singh's home state, didn't go to the protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar in Delhi even when several Opposition leaders did, he said Mr Yadav "knows the truth".

"Akhilesh Yadav knows the truth. We know each other since childhood. 80 per cent of the wrestlers in Uttar Pradesh belong to families with Samajwadi Party ideology. They call me 'Netaji'. They say how their Netaji is," he said.

Top Opposition leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of the Congress and Arvind Kejriwal from the Aam Aadmi Party, have visited the protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar to express solidarity.

Mr Singh also responded to Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia, who had yesterday asked how the accused knew the identity of the complainants to claim they were all from the same family. "Not just I, the whole world knows," he said.

Protesting wrestlers have questioned the government inquiry, saying details of the probe, including the name of a minor complainant, have been leaked.

Earlier, Brij Bhushan Singh had said resigning from his post, as demanded by protesting wrestlers, wasn't a big deal for him, but he won't do it "as a criminal".

"Their (wrestlers') demands are constantly changing. They first asked for my resignation as the federation chief, I said that would mean accepting the charges against me. Resignation is no big deal, but I won't do it as a criminal. I am not a criminal," he said.

Brij Bhushan Singh reiterated that he was innocent and will cooperate with any inquiry as he trusts the judicial system and the probe agencies.

Mr Singh has also claimed "one businessman" was part of the conspiracy to tarnish his image.

The Delhi Police filed two cases against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh hours after the Supreme Court ordered them to do so, amid protests at Delhi's Jantar Mantar by wrestlers including Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat.

One of the FIRs is over a complaint of sexual harassment by a minor, filed under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, which gives no scope for bail.

https://www.climatehistorylab.sites.tau.ac.il/profile/wirogig494/profile
http://blog.b92.net/user/221590/carmelaboggs/
https://wallhaven.cc/user/crystalcurrie
https://buyersguide.americanbar.org/profile/423638/0
https://jobs.prsa.org/profile/what-are-the-various-methods-for-repairing-a-loft-ladder/1794554/
https://app.roll20.net/users/11167643/cristopher-c