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Is this the nail in the coffin of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship? Read the full story here.

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Is this the nail in the coffin of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship?

Is this the nail in the coffin of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship?

Read the full story here.

Mosharraf Zaidi is a senior partner at Tabadlab, an advisory services firm. He worked in Pakistan’s National Reconstruction Bureau from 2001 to 2002. He helped design higher education reforms in 2002 and served as principal advisor to Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2013.

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