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November 2019 - Pakistan Special Weapons News
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- China, Pakistan to hold joint maritime drill People's Daily 29 Nov 2019 -- China and Pakistan will stage a joint maritime exercise in Pakistan in January 2020, China's Ministry of National Defense announced Thursday.
- Pakistan to Debut Chinese Yuan-Denominated Panda Bonds Worth $1 Billion Sputnik 29 Nov 2019 -- China's Panda Bonds are onshore products that help international borrowers to explore domestic yuan investors. These yuan-dominated notes are sold by non-Chinese issuers.
- Pakistan's Supreme Court Grants Temporary Extension To Army Chief's Term RFE/RL 28 Nov 2019 -- Pakistan's Supreme Court has granted a six-month extension to the tenure of the country's army chief after initially blocking the government's decision to extend his term.
- Pakistan's Supreme Court Grants Temporary Extension to Term of Army Chief Sputnik 28 Nov 2019 -- The day before, Pakistan's Supreme Court gave the government a day to justify a three-year extension to the term of army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
- Pakistan Court Limits Extension of Army Chief, Orders Change in Law VOA 28 Nov 2019 -- Pakistan's Supreme Court limited the tenure extension of the sitting army chief to six months Thursday, as opposed to the three years the government wanted to grant him. In addition, the court has asked the government to use the time to amend laws to clarify the terms and conditions of the post, including the length of tenure and whether that tenure could be extended.
- China, Pakistan to hold joint naval drills in January Global Times 28 Nov 2019 -- China will send warships to Pakistan in January in a scheduled joint naval exercise with Pakistan, a move that will deepen the two countries' military cooperation and enhance their all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, China's Ministry of National Defense has announced.
- Pakistani Court Pressures Government To Explain Move To Extend Army Chief's Term RFE/RL 27 Nov 2019 -- Pakistan's top court has given the government one more day to explain why it had decided to extend the term of current army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa by three years.
- Pakistan Court Challenges Legality of Army Chief Extension VOA 27 Nov 2019 -- In a historic first, Pakistan's Supreme Court Wednesday raised questions about the legality of extending the term of the army chief, sending shock waves through a country that has been ruled by the military for more than half its 72-year existence and in which the military is considered the most powerful institution.
- Indian Minister Contradicts Its Army Chief Claiming Balakot 'Terror Camps' Reactivated in Pakistan Sputnik 27 Nov 2019 -- On 27 February, the purported terror camp in the Balakot area of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province was bombed by Indian Air Force fighter jets in a predawn aerial strike.
- Pakistan's top court suspends army chief's term extension Press TV 26 Nov 2019 -- In a rare move and a blow to the administration of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan's Supreme Court has temporarily suspended an extension of the term of office of the country's chief of army staff.
- Stir in Pakistan as Supreme Court Overrules Imran Khan's Order on Extension of Army Chief's Tenure Sputnik 26 Nov 2019 -- Earlier this week, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the decision to extend the tenure of Bajwa is final. On 19 August, Khan had appointed Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa as the chief of army staff till 2022.
- Pakistan's Top Court Blocks Military Chief From Serving Another Term VOA 26 Nov 2019 -- Pakistan's highest court has temporarily suspended a government notification that allowed the country's powerful military chief to serve another full three-year term.
- Pakistani Court Raises Questions Over Move To Extend Army Chief's Term RFE/RL 26 Nov 2019 -- Pakistan's top court has suspended a government decision to extend the term of current army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa by three years.
- Pakistan's top court suspends army chief's term extension Press TV 26 Nov 2019 -- In a rare move and a blow to the administration of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan's Supreme Court has temporarily suspended an extension of the term of office of the country's chief of army staff.
- Chinese diplomat rejects U.S. allegations against Pakistan project People's Daily 24 Nov 2019 -- Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing on Friday rejected a U.S. diplomat's allegations against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), saying the facts illustrating the project's success speak for themselves.
- China Hits Back at US for Criticizing Corridor Project With Pakistan VOA 22 Nov 2019 -- China and Pakistan urged the United States on Friday "to sift fact from fiction" before questioning their bilateral infrastructure development program, which Beijing is funding under its global Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
- Senior U.S. Official Warns Pakistan Of Economic Dangers Of China's Infrastructure Plan RFE/RL 22 Nov 2019 -- The United States has warned Pakistan of the long-term risks to its economy if it embraces China's massive infrastructure project and suggested that it should instead look to the U.S. business model.
- Officials: Trump Thanks Pakistani, Afghan Leaders for Release of Western Hostages VOA 21 Nov 2019 -- U.S. President Donald Trump telephoned Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday and thanked him for Islamabad's efforts in facilitating the release of two Western hostages in Afghanistan, according to Khan's office.
- Pakistani Opposition Calls Off Road Blockades RFE/RL 20 Nov 2019 -- A radical Pakistani cleric and other opposition leaders have called on their supporters to stop blocking roads in the country's major cities, saying the protest action is harming ordinary people.
- Pakistan Reportedly Foils Attempt by US Military Aircraft to Enter its Airspace Sputnik 20 Nov 2019 -- Media reports suggest that the US plane was forced to turn back toward Muscat shortly after it tried to enter Pakistani airspace.
- Ex-Prime Minister Sharif Leaves Pakistan For Medical Treatment RFE/RL 19 Nov 2019 -- Pakistan's ailing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has left the eastern city of Lahore to receive medical treatment in London.
- Pakistan's Convicted Ex-PM Flown to London for Medical Treatment VOA 19 Nov 2019 -- Pakistan's former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, who is serving a seven-year jail term for corruption and money laundering, left for London Tuesday to receive medical treatment there.
- Pakistan launches ballistic missile amid growing regional arms race IRNA 18 Nov 2019 -- Pakistan has conducted training launch of surface to surface ballistic missile Shaheen-1, a day after India conducted first night trial of Agni-II missile, which could prompt new arms race in region.
- Pakistan Successfully Conducts Test Launch of Long-Range-Ballistic Missile Sputnik 18 Nov 2019 -- Earlier this year, Pakistan had successfully held a night training test-launch of its surface-to-surface ballistic missile, Ghaznavi.
- India Accuses Pakistan of Running a 'Terrorist Industry' Sputnik 17 Nov 2019 -- The move comes just days after India accused Pakistan of having 'terrorist DNA' during a UNESCO conference. The nuclear armed nations have been embroiled in a serious conflict since February when Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed killed 42 Indian soldiers.
- Pakistani Prime Minister Khan Says He Holds 'No Grudge' Against Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif - Reports Sputnik 16 Nov 2019 -- Pakistan's opposition Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N) had earlier sought unconditional permission to take the ailing former premier to London for treatment, warning Prime Minister Imran Khan that if anything happened to Sharif, he would be responsible for it.
- No Deal on 'Spy' Kulbhushan Jadhav with India - Pakistan Sputnik 15 Nov 2019 -- Former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadav has been in Pakistan's custody for the past several years on charges of espionage. India has rejected the allegation and raised the matter at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
- Anti-Government Protesters End Islamabad Sit-In To Block Roads RFE/RL 13 Nov 2019 -- A radical Pakistani cleric has called off a two-week sit-in on the capital's main highway, but told his supporters to start blocking roads across the country.
- Pakistan's Military Overrules Most of PM Imran Kahn's Decisions on Kartarpur Corridor Sputnik 08 Nov 2019 -- Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had said on 1 November that Indians visiting the historic Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara would not require passports. He had also waived the $20 fee per pilgrim, for the inaugural day on 9 November.
- Pakistan Set to Open New Border Crossing for Indian Sikh Pilgrims VOA 07 Nov 2019 -- Pakistan is set to open a new dedicated border crossing with rival India on Saturday, giving Indian Sikh pilgrims year-round, visa-free access to one of their holiest shrines in Pakistan.
- Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Discharged From Hospital Sputnik 06 Nov 2019 -- Three-time Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, serving a seven-year jail term, but granted bail on medical grounds, was hospitalised in October after his health deteriorated.
- Amid Border Tension, Pakistan, India Now Take to Missile Hegemony Sputnik 05 Nov 2019 -- The Pakistani Navy successfully launched a land-to-sea anti-ship missile from a fast attack craft in the North Arabian Sea on Tuesday, Pakistan military's media wing said.
- Pakistan, Afghanistan Accuse Each Other of Harassing Diplomats VOA 04 Nov 2019 -- Afghanistan and Pakistan have traded charges of harassment of their diplomats serving in each other's capitals, prompting Islamabad to halt its consular operations in Kabul until further notice.
- Pakistani Opposition Leader Maryam Nawaz Granted Bail RFE/RL 04 Nov 2019 -- A Pakistani court has granted bail to opposition leader Maryam Nawaz, who is facing money-laundering charges.
- Islamabad Rejects New Delhi's Map Showing Pakistan-Administered Kashmir as Part of India Sputnik 03 Nov 2019 -- A day after New Delhi issued the map, Islamabad dismissed it as "incorrect, legally untenable and void."
- Pakistani Capital in Grip of Protests as Islamist Party Demands Resignation of Prime Minister Khan Sputnik 02 Nov 2019 -- On Friday, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, chief of Pakistan's radical Islamist Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) party said that the country's Prime Minister Imran Khan has until Sunday night to step down.
- Pakistanis hold large anti-govt. rally in Islamabad, call on Khan to resign Press TV 01 Nov 2019 -- Tens of thousands of Pakistanis have held a protest rally in the capital, Islamabad, amid discontent over rising inflation, with the opposition setting a 48-hour deadline for embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan to step down in response to public anger.
- Pakistani Islamists Converge On Islamabad, Urge PM To Resign RFE/RL 01 Nov 2019 -- Hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters have gathered in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, calling for Prime Minister Imran Khan's resignation over economic hardships.
- Opposition Gives Pakistani PM 2 Days to Resign VOA 01 Nov 2019 -- Backed by tens of thousands of protesters, Pakistan's opposition parties Friday demanded the country's prime minister resign within two days.
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