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A Timeline of Pakistan’s Lawfare Challenges                                       UMM E RUQQIA     Pakistan has struggled a lot with lawfare challenges over the years including both national and international lawfare challenges. Lawfare is not a very old term, it was introduced in 2001 but the concept it holds is as earlier as the formation of the state. We get to see a series of events in the last ten decades of Pakistan that have played as the lawfare challenges for Pakistan. These events have shaken the roots of Pakistan’s national security as a whole and at times have played a significant role in setting trends for the rest of the world. 1999 The Islamic Republic of Pakistan submitted an application on September 21st, 1999, to start legal action against the Republic of India over the destruction of a Pakistani aircraft on August 10, 1999. The court held that i...

DOES AFGHANISTAN STILL MATTER IN PAK-US RELATIONS?                                                                                                                        UMM E RUQQIA Afghanistan has always factored significantly in the Pak - U.S. relationship. Pak - U.S. ties in the last two decades were mainly driven by USA’s geopolitical objectives in Afghanistan. Seemingly, the United States wants to strengthen relations with the PML-N-led coalition government while encouraging them to influence the Taliban to comply with the international community's demands. Is Taliban-controlled Afghanistan a significant factor in Pak-US relati...