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Pakistan
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United States Foreign Intelligence Relationships everycrsreport.com May 15, 2019 18 facts
accountCIA drone operations in Pakistan successfully targeted members of the Haqqani Network, the Afghan Taliban, and the Pakistani Taliban.
accountRashid Rauf, identified as a lead planner in a plot involving liquids on planes, escaped custody in Pakistan and was subsequently killed in a U.S. drone strike.
claimPakistan halted intelligence-sharing with the United States.
claimThe United States government provided Pakistan with real-time drone imagery and communications intercepts to assist in Pakistan's counterterrorism operations.
claimU.S. intelligence officials opposed jointly operating drones with Pakistan and providing advance notice of drone flight operations because they believed the information was leaked to militants in the past.
accountIn January 2018, the Trump Administration announced a policy decision to suspend security aid to Pakistan, which led Pakistan to terminate its counterterrorism intelligence cooperation with the United States.
claimThe United States intelligence relationship with Pakistan persisted despite American objections regarding Pakistan's support for the Afghan Taliban, the Haqqani Network, and other Islamist militant groups, as well as Pakistan's objections to alleged U.S. violations of its sovereignty.
accountCIA drone operations from within Pakistan ended in December 2011 following a strike that killed 24 members of the Pakistani military.
claimU.S. drone facilities in Djibouti and Pakistan have contributed to the elimination of terrorist threats and have benefited from support provided by host-country intelligence services, despite local opposition to the U.S. presence in Pakistan.
accountPakistan benefited for years from a relationship with U.S. intelligence that was integrated into a broader cooperative framework involving defense, counterterrorism, governance, and development.
claimCountries such as Turkey, Pakistan, Iran (under the Shah), Iraq, and Afghanistan have provided basing rights to the United States while facing higher political risks for doing so.
claimU.S. intelligence relations with Japan, Egypt, pre-revolutionary Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan were influenced by a mutual concern regarding the threat posed by the Soviet Union.
claimThe Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) relationship with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan has been challenged by the perception that the ISI supports proxy Islamist groups.
accountThe CIA conducted covert drone operations based in Pakistan to target al Qa'ida operatives in North Waziristan during the Obama Administration, as reported by The New York Times in 2009.
accountIn February 2006, the UK's GCHQ shared intercepted communications with the United States regarding two Al Qa'ida operatives in Pakistan and the UK planning to bomb civilian aircraft.
accountDuring the Cold War, Pakistan permitted the United States to maintain a signals intelligence site within its borders and allowed the CIA to conduct reconnaissance flights from Pakistani airfields.
accountFollowing the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) formed closer ties with Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence Directorate (GID) and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to provide funding and covert assistance to the Mujahideen.
claimPakistan officially denied that its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency closely cooperated with the CIA in conducting drone strikes.
Ethnobotanical study of food plants used in traditional medicine in ... link.springer.com Nov 26, 2025 4 facts
referenceUmair M, Altaf M, and Abbasi AM conducted an ethnobotanical survey of indigenous medicinal plants in the Hafizabad district of Punjab, Pakistan, published in 2017.
referenceEthnomedical studies in the Republic of Guinea, Pakistan, Indonesia, Angola, and the Democratic Republic of Congo similarly identify leaves as the primary plant part employed in phytomedical preparations.
referenceAbbas Q, Khan SW, Khatoon S, Hussain SA, Hassan SN, Hussain A, and Hussain I documented the floristic biodiversity and traditional uses of medicinal plants in the Haramosh Valley of the central Karakoram National Park, Pakistan, in 2014.
referenceAnwar T et al. explored wild edible plants used for basic health care by local people in the Bahawalpur and adjacent regions of Pakistan in a 2023 study.
History of the Central Intelligence Agency - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 4 facts
accountOn May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama announced that Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, during a Central Intelligence Agency operation.
claimThe CIA and JSOC drone strike on September 30, 2011, was the first such strike in Yemen since 2002 and was part of an effort by the CIA to replicate the covert war strategy used in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
claimThe Central Intelligence Agency operated a safe house in Abbottabad, Pakistan, to spy on Osama bin Laden.
accountThe CIA utilized a doctor in Pakistan to establish a vaccination program in Abbottabad in 2011 to obtain DNA samples from the occupants of a compound suspected of housing Osama bin Laden.
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Shabelle Zone, Eastern ... link.springer.com Feb 5, 2026 3 facts
claimSimilar patterns of wild edible plant composition to the Shabelle Zone are observed in northern Kenya, the Karamoja region of Uganda, the Maasai regions of Tanzania, and arid areas in Pakistan, India, and Australia.
referencede Boer HJ, Lamxay V, and Björk L published 'Gathered wild food plants among diverse religious groups in Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan' in the journal Foods in 2021.
claimConsumption of wild edible plants in India, Pakistan, China, Southern Africa, and Latin America reduces micronutrient deficiencies and strengthens dietary resilience among marginalized populations.
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in the mountainous ... link.springer.com Oct 4, 2024 3 facts
referenceHussain S, Sher H, Ullah Z, Elshikh MS, Al Farraj DA, Ali A, and Abbasi AM published 'Traditional uses of wild edible mushrooms among the local communities of Swat, Pakistan' in Foods in 2023.
referenceA 2022 study published in Ethnobotany Research and Applications documented the traditional knowledge of wild edible plants used by the people of Lawat, District Neelum, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan.
referenceAmjad MS, Zahoor U, Bussmann RW, Altaf M, Gardazi SMH, and Abbasi AM published 'Ethnobotanical survey of the medicinal flora of Harighal, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan' in J Ethnobiol Ethnomed in 2020.
Medicinal plants: bioactive compounds, biological activities ... frontiersin.org 2 facts
measurementZil-e-Huma et al. (2019) documented the incidence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli pathotypes in children suffering from diarrhea at tertiary care hospitals in Quetta, Pakistan.
referenceKhan et al. examined the antibacterial properties of medicinal plants from Pakistan against multidrug-resistant ESKAPE pathogens.
Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal Plants and Their Importance ... ideas.repec.org 1 fact
claimThe article titled 'Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal Plants and Their Importance in Drug Discovery in Pakistan' was published with the DOI 10.26480/msp.01.2017.17.26.
Private Wealth Migration 2025 | Press Release - Henley & Partners henleyglobal.com Jun 24, 2025 1 fact
measurementPakistan is projected to see a net outflow of 100 high-net-worth individuals to the UAE in 2025.
Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies of Traditionally Used ... heraldopenaccess.us 1 fact
claimOcimum basilicum is found globally in tropical, subtropical, and temperate climate zones, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Southeast Asia.
Medicinal Plants and their Traditional Uses - Open Access Pub openaccesspub.org 1 fact
referenceAziz et al. (2018) studied the traditional uses of medicinal plants practiced by indigenous communities in the Mohmand Agency, FATA, Pakistan, as published in the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine.
Rethinking Espionage in the Modern Era cjil.uchicago.edu 1 fact
claimThe Shanghai Cooperation Organization was originally formed by China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, with India and Pakistan becoming members later.