MANAGING US RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN IN UNCERTAIN TIMES: OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES

With the generals themselves reluctant 9.20 This coalition government has been criticized for to directly take the reins of power, the formation of a appeasing the military by pushing through controversial weak coalition government, comprised of mainstream legislative amendments to the Official Secrets Act and parties, seems the most acceptable outcome for the the Pakistan Army Act that criminaliz. [...] PTI supporters also managed to get several congressmen the interim setup,30 and then the current caretakers, to to call for United Nations oversight28 of the upcoming reiterate America’s desire to maintain good relations with general elections and to express concern about the Pakistan and to emphasize the need for timely, free, and erosion of freedom of expression and human rights in fair election. [...] policymakers, who are probably overthrow of the Rajapaksa regime, but the incumbent awaiting the outcome of the elections to determine president maintains close ties with the ousted regime, the contours of longer-term bilateral engagements which may try to make a comeback when elections are with Pakistan. [...] Afghanistan Pakistan has experienced growing friction with the emergent Taliban regime72 not only due to their ability to curb cross- Despite the tumultuous relations between the two border movement by the TTP but also over Pakistani fencing countries during the American military presence in of the contested Durand line, a circa 2,500-kilometer Afghanistan, the U. [...] The past several decades, including at least 600,000 Afghans75 subsequent failure of an intra-Afghan settlement, the who came into the country since the Taliban takeover in collapse of the Afghan government, and the resurgence of August 2021.