Lashkar-e-Taiba

India: visa problems for English cricketer reflect a longstanding security rift with neighbouring Pakistan

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

This is not the first time a visiting cricketer has had visa problems in India.

Key Points: 
  • This is not the first time a visiting cricketer has had visa problems in India.
  • Headley, in his visa application, had concealed his Pakistani roots and managed to visit India multiple times to reconnoitre the targets.
  • As a result, the Indian Home Ministry (MHA), which is in charge of internal security, decided to tighten the visa requirements.
  • The US and UK governments lodged diplomatic protests against India’s decision to tighten its visa rules, but the Indian government resisted the pressure.
  • Mindful of international pressure to exercise restraint in the aftermath of the attacks, the then Manmohan Singh government instituted several defensive counter-terrorism measures, including the new visa rules.

Modi’s neighbourhood policy

  • This aimed to encourage cross-border cooperation and business enterprise across South Asia and focused on building deeper people-to-people ties.
  • But as terrorist attacks from Pakistan continued, India changed its tack to more forceful measures targeting terrorist bases within Pakistan.
  • As a result, a new mantra became popular in Indian government circles: “terror and talks cannot go together”.

Focus on counter-terrorism

  • Meanwhile a focus on regional counter-terrorism has become something of a mantra for Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Seen within this paradigm, India’s approach towards Pakistan is unlikely to change as the country expects its general elections in April.
  • A hostile military in control of domestic politics combined with strong anti-India public opinion invalidate any prospects for reestablishing ties with India.


Dheeraj Paramesha does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Aspargo’s Global Footprint Grows With Middle East Expansion, Disrupting the Erectile Dysfunction Market With Oral Spray

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Taiba will assume responsibility for and bear the cost of obtaining regulatory approval to market Sildenafil Spray in each jurisdiction in the Territory.

Key Points: 
  • Taiba will assume responsibility for and bear the cost of obtaining regulatory approval to market Sildenafil Spray in each jurisdiction in the Territory.
  • Farmalider, the licensor to Aspargo of the rights to Sildenafil Spray and manufacturer of Sildenafil Spray for Aspargo in Spain and Mexico, will manufacture and package Sildenafil Spray for resale in the Territory.
  • Aspargos pocket-sized oral spray empowers men to manage their erectile dysfunction in a discreet way, and were proud of this next phase in our global expansion efforts.
  • Aspargos current focus is to commercialize an oral spray formulation of sildenafil citrate, the active ingredient in Viagra.

FAMILIES OF AMERICANS KILLED AND INJURED BY AL-QAEDA AND TALIBAN TERRORISTS, INCLUDING 115 GOLD STAR FAMILIES, SUE DEUTSCHE BANK, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, DANSKE BANK, AND TWO MONEY REMITTERS FOR FINANCING THE ATTACKS

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Circuit against Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, GE Healthcare, AstraZeneca, and Roche, on behalf of more than 1,200 Americans, in Atchley et al.

Key Points: 
  • Circuit against Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, GE Healthcare, AstraZeneca, and Roche, on behalf of more than 1,200 Americans, in Atchley et al.
  • ); Sparacino serves as lead investigative counsel in both cases and followed the same investigative method and complaint-drafting approach in each.
  • The allegations in the Complaint show that these schemes violated U.S. law and collectively caused hundreds of millions of U.S.
  • "For decades, Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered Bank have acted as if they were above the law.

Young Person Pleads Guilty to Four Terrorism Offences

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

464(a) and 431.2

Key Points: 
  • 464(a) and 431.2
    The young person, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was 16 years old at the time of his arrest on January 24, 2019.
  • Today, he also pleaded guilty to a breach of undertaking from April 21, 2019 in relation to cutting his monitoring bracelet while released on bail.
  • The objective was to commit terrorist activities for the benefit of a listed terrorist entity (that called itself the "Islamic State").
  • PPSC Prosecutor Tom Lemon said, "The charges required significant domestic and international cooperation to effectively gather the necessary evidence, as terrorism respects no borders."

iMarriages to No Longer Service Pakistan in Response to Terror Attacks

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Friday, February 22, 2019

It is involved in several charity projects andprovides a matrimony service that allows messaging between members at no cost.

Key Points: 
  • It is involved in several charity projects andprovides a matrimony service that allows messaging between members at no cost.
  • On 14 February 2019, at least 40 Indians were murdered in a cowardly attack orchestrated by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group.
  • In response to these attacks and effective immediately,Pakistan-based users are banned from the iMarriages matrimony platform and the thousands of existing profiles will be deleted.
  • iMarriages also calls on its counterparts at Shaadi, Jeevansathi and Bharat Matrimony to put country before profits and follow suit.