Sherry Rehman and Pakistan after Haqqani

Thu, 24 November 2011

12:09

Yesterday, the government named member of parliament and rights activist Shehrbano (Sherry) Rehman as ambassador to the US, a day after Husain Haqqani had been asked to resign over allegations that he had sought Washington's help against a possible military takeover.

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