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India launches campaign to “isolate” Pakistan

By Policy Research September 28, 2016

India has taken a series of high-profile steps in recent days aimed at “punishing” and “isolating” Pakistan for the September 18 attack on the Uri military base. The attack, which was carried out by JeM militants, killed eighteen soldiers. The publicly announced steps are of a diplomatic and economic character. Yesterday, the Indian government announced …

Pakistan Faces Rising Criticism over Inability to Curb Extremism

By Policy Research September 21, 2016

As two U.S. lawmakers pursue legislation to designate Pakistan a terror state, Islamabad is facing the threat of increasing diplomatic isolation over its inability to curb home-grown militancy and the threat it poses to its neighbours. The legislation, introduced this week by Republican Representatives Ted Poe of Texas and Dana Rohrabacher of California, accuses Pakistan …