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Edit Page --------------------------- 36 groups and the Pakistan government. On August 5, 2020, Friends of Kashmir and its head Horoscope --------------------------- 8 This week’s question Sam Westrop and Martha Lee of the Middle East - a prominent pro-Pakistani activist, writer and self- Immigration Post ------------ 10-11 Will India recover from the Info/Highlights ---------------------- 4 economic slump within one year? Forum (MEF), widely known for its meticulous journal- described poet named Ghazala Habib - organized an istic investigations in the US, have unearthed the online discussion on Kashmir, in collaboration with the Life Style ------------------------ 14-15 Last week’s result OP-ED------------------------------- 34 nexus between a Texas-based group, 'Friends of Kash- Pakistani embassy and its consulate in Houston, Will Jaishankar be able to get Real Estate ------------------------ 32 vaccine aid from US? mir', Pakistani regime and the US Congress members. 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The au- thors, in their joint investigation, ac- cessed exclusively by IANS, have ex- posed how the Pakistani establishment exerts its influence through its terror groups in Kashmir, its diaspora and vari- ous fronts and lobbies in the US. On August 5, 2020, Friends of Kash- mir and its head - a prominent pro-Paki- stani activist, writer and self-described poet named Ghazala Habib - organized During the webinar, Ghazala Habib cause he was a legitimate leader of port in the United States "from many an online discussion on Kashmir, in col- thanked the Pakistani government for Jihad." senators, Congressmen and influential laboration with the Pakistani embassy opening the "consulate doors for us 24/ Andrabi has long been involved with people from the business community." and its consulate in Houston, Westrop 7," describing it as "our first home." In Friends of Kashmir. In February 2017, the Habib was far from the only terror- and Lee have noted in their comprehen- fact, Habib is also on close terms with Texas group organized a conference at tied speaker to share a platform with sive report. Speakers at the webinar in- President Masood Khan. "Habib does which the pro-Al Qaeda Andrabi spoke several members of the United States cluded the two co-chairs of the United not just represent the interests of the remotely, along with terror activists Congress. Star speaker Riffat Wani is a States Congress's Pakistan Caucus, the Pakistani regime; she is also endorsed such as Yasin Malik and Shabir Shah, Kashmiri activist under investigation by President of Pakistan-administered by prominent Kashmiri terror activists. both of whom were arrested by Indian Jammu and Kashmir Police. Wani regu- Kashmir, and the Pakistani ambassador In 2020, leaders of the Kashmiri Hurriyat law enforcement in 2019. It emerged larly expresses support for terrorists on to the United States and the Houston political alliance, including Syed Ali that Malik had apparently "visited" the social media. She has glowingly de- consul-general. Other speakers included