Posted on 03/25/2016 5:57:11 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Iran’s Hassan Rouhani arrived Friday in Pakistan on a landmark visit, his first since becoming president, at a time when Saudi Arabia is courting Islamabad to increase participation in a new Saudi-led military alliance of mostly Sunni nations, a coalition perceived by Tehran as an anti-Shiite block.
Pakistan, a majority Sunni country, has traditionally close ties with Saudi Arabia, which is hostile to Iran, a Shiite power. The kingdom accuses Tehran of supporting Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen against the internationally recognized president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. […]
On the eve of his visit, Rouhani said that “constructive relations with neighbors and the Islamic world are at the priority list of our foreign policy.” […]
Rouhani’s visit is also expected to discuss a controversial gas pipeline from Iran, through Pakistan to India. …
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Just a little conference to collect tips on building nukes and waging jihad.
According to published reports in Pakistan, Obama in 1981 also stayed at the home of a prominent politician, Ahmad Mian Soomro, in an upscale Karachi suburb, and went on a traditional partridge hunting trip north of Karachi. Soomro's son, Muhammad Mian Soomro, is a senior politician who served as acting president before the appointment of President Asif Ali Zardari last September. Ahmad Mian Soomro died in 1999, and attempts to reach his son for comment were unsuccessful... The Obama campaign did not respond to an invitation to comment on some of the speculation surrounding the visit to Pakistan or to provide further details about the trip.
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