Babrak Karmal government. Mikhail Gorbachev, then General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, said, "The main reason that there has been no national consolidation so far is that Comrade Karmal is hoping to continue sitting in Kabul with our help." Karmal's position became less secure when the Soviet leadership began blaming him for the failures in Afghanistan. Gorbachev, worried over the situation, told the Soviet Politburo "If we don't change approaches [to evacuate Afghanistan], we will be fighting there for another 20 or 30 years." It is not clear when the Soviet leadership began to
Sultan Ali Lakhani partner of Hassan Nawaz, son of the former Prime Miniser, Nawaz Sharif. Lakhani is also the owner of Lakson Group and also was the Honorary Consul of Mexico in Pakistan. In August 2011, Lakhani received the Hilal-i-Imtiaz conferred by then President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari. Sultan Ali Lakhani Sultan Ali Lakhani is a Pakistani businessman and former senator who is founder of Lakson Group. He was the member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 1988 to March 1994. He was born on 24 July 1948 in Gondia, Maharashtra, India. He holds degree in Economics from the University of