Why should China get invited to a democracy summit? Aren't they proud of being communists (in name only, it's a one party dictatorship).

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> Pakistan did not attend the 2021 summit amid growing tension between the government of then-Prime Minister Imran Khan and the U.S. administration of President Joe Biden.

> The summit is taking place days after a leading international rights group in its annual report expressed concern over continued violations of human rights in Pakistan.

> Gull also noted the growing instability in Pakistan amid a widening crackdown on Khan and his political party as a factor for Pakistan to bow out of the summit.

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Read the article. China wasn’t invited.

Pakistan says it will not participate in this week’s U.S.-led Summit for Democracy, a move seen in part as an effort by the impoverished Islamic nation to assuage longtime ally China, which was not invited.

But Pakistan thought they should be.

Where does it say Pakistan thought China should be invited? Are you just delusional or did Pakistan’s government say that?

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Time to pull all Foreign Military Sales (FMS) from Pakistan

If you knew what was going on in the country you'd be asking why an invite was even given.

ok good luck

Given the uncertainty surrounding Imran Khan's ousting in last year's constitutional crises, it is best that Pakistan not draw attention to itself.