The Nation (Pakistan): Pakistan has been the target of a steady and ever-growing stream of accusations linking it with the ‘control’ or ‘influence’ over certain groups in Afghanistan; an accusation that has been denied persistently… A detailed reading of the Request, however, shows that Pakistan is not immune from the Court’s jurisdiction in this case. The Prosecutor has expressly left-open the option of prosecuting other actors in the region once its request for full-fledged investigations is granted (paras 38 and 260 of the Request. Click here to read more (external link).