Brownstein will lobby for Pakistan
By CAITLIN OPRYSKO
11/16/2021 04:35 PM EST
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With Daniel Lippman
FIRST IN PI — BROWNSTEIN WILL LOBBY FOR PAKISTAN: The Pakistani government has brought on a team of lobbyists from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, including Mark Begich, a former Senate colleague of President Joe Biden’s, to represent its interests in Washington amid the ongoing humanitarian fallout of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to a copy of the contract obtained by PI.
— Brownstein’s contract with the Pakistani Embassy is worth $100,000 per month, to be paid quarterly, and includes Mimi Burke, Sean Callahan, David Cohen, Nadeam Elshami, Marc Lampkin, Doug Maguire, Al Mottur and Ari Zimmerman, in addition to Begich. It comes as Pakistan has continued to engage with the U.S., Russia and China in the wake of the pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s subsequent takeover. Representatives from those countries, or the extended troika, met last week in Islamabad to discuss what they described in a joint statement as a “severe humanitarian and economic situation in Afghanistan.” The extended troika also met with Taliban leaders on the sidelines of those talks, where they called on the Taliban to allow “unhindered humanitarian access” and pushed for the restoration of rights for women and girls.
— In a statement, Brownstein spokesperson Lara Day said that the firm will work to “forge stronger Pakistan-U.S. bilateral relations”...
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