Male, May 23 (IANS) While Pakistan hosted high-stakes negotiations between American envoys and Iranian diplomats in April this year amid the unrest in West Asia, Riyadh publicly announced the arrival of Pakistani military forces and aircraft at King Abdulaziz Air Base in Saudi Arabia under the terms of a defence agreement.Pakistan issued no corresponding statement, but the Saudi announcement immediately raised questions over Islamabad’s claim of neutrality. The apparent diplomatic breakthrough…
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Islamabad, Jan 13 (IANS) Pakistan’s recent sentencing of journalists on terrorism charges marks the latest development in government campaign to stifle criticism of the Pakistani military, with the US and other allies continue to public support Islamabad, despite its escalating crackdown on the country’s civil society and dissent, a report said on Tuesday. “On January 2, an Islamabad anti-terrorism court in Pakistan sentenced a group of prominent journalists, social media commentators, and f…