On August 3rd, Ambassador Husain Haqqani appeared on Amanpour on CNN International to discuss Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif being forced from office. Haqqani said that Pakistan is "not a democracy in that leaders are actually voted out."
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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)