Earlier than 1947, Balochistan was a part of British India. It included territories immediately ruled by the British — just like the Chief Commissioner’s Province — and princely states like Kalat, which was underneath British suzerainty. When the British left, Kalat declared independence on August 15, 1947 and signed a standstill settlement with Pakistan. However in March 1948, the…
New Delhi: “We obtained $55 billion and constructed delusions.” That’s how former Pakistani Ambassador to the USA, Husain Haqqani, summed up a long time of worldwide help to Pakistan in a video clip – which continues to echo greater than 10 years after it was recorded. Whereas international locations like South Korea and Taiwan used…
Three years in the past, Kathmandu was caught within the crossfire of Washington-Beijing tensions over the Millennium Problem Company (MCC), a multi-million American grant for Nepal. Whereas the US warned of reviewing its general ties with Nepal ought to Kathmandu fail to ratify the MCC-Nepal Compact from Parliament, Beijing referred to the grant as a…
