By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews, Dec 17, 2023 at 9:08 PMThe Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs said that the renovation work of border signs with Iran have been fifteen percent completed. The ministry’s spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat told TOLOnews that the work on a plan to renew the border signs with Afghanistan’s neighboring countries, including Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China, is still ongoing. “The process of renewal of border marks with Iran has so far…
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Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 29, 2023 at 10:10 PMIn response to reports of some Pakistani media, the Islamic Emirate said that the Islamic Emirate’s Chargé d’Affaires in Pakistan was not summoned, but only received a message from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan. Earlier, the Express Tribune, a Pakistani newspaper, had reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan summoned the charge d’affaires of the Islamic Emirate in Islamabad in response to…
Report in The Daily Star, Nov 24, 2023Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has accused US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas of grossly interfering in Bangladesh’s internal affairs. “At the end of October, US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas met a member of the local opposition to discuss plans for organising anti-government rallies. Such actions amount to nothing less than gross interference in internal affairs,” she said in a briefing in Moscow. Russian Embassy in…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, October 28, 2023United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is paying an official visit to Nepal from October 29 to November 1, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. The visit had earlier been planned for the second week of October, but was rescheduled due to the outbreak of conflict between Israel and Hamas militants on October 7. This will be Secretary General Guterres’ first visit to Nepal since taking…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 16, 2023US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Afreen Akhter is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a three-day visit today. Her visit will feature prominently the national elections and Rohingya crisis, according to diplomatic sources. She may hold meetings with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and then visit the Rohingya camp during her visit on October…
by Nasir Iqbal in Dawn, September 8th, 2023• SCBA demands release of political prisoners, opposes civilians’ trials under army act• Advocates civilian supremacy, asks army to stick to constitutional role; demands treason case against ECP officials• Seeks end to perks enjoyed by state officials at public’s expense, dialogue on economy ISLAMABAD: A convention organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association on Thursday called upon the bar associations to observe a countrywide strike on Sept 9…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, September 4th, 2023WASHINGTON: Pakistani institutions need to work through the electoral process in consultation with the political parties to ensure fair and free elections, said Elizabeth Horst, the lead US diplomat for South and Central Asian affairs. “We feel very strongly that Pakistan’s future leadership is for the Pakistani people to decide, that the Pakistani people deserve their day at the polls. Pakistani institutions need to work through that process…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 22, 2023With just one month to go for Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s scheduled visit to China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working to finalise the visit’s agenda in coordination with various government agencies. Dahal is scheduled to visit China straight from New York on September 22 after addressing the 78th session of the United Nations general assembly. The prime minister is scheduled to address the…
by Iftikhar Shirazi in Dawn, August 14, 2023Two terrorists were killed by security forces after they attacked a military convoy in Balochistan’s Gwadar on Sunday morning, according to the army’s media affairs wing. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that the terrorists carried out the attack at 10am, using small arms and hand grenades. “However, due to the efficient and swift response, two terrorists were sent to hell with no harm to…
By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews, July 27, 2023 at 5:30 PMThe spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted that a delegation of the Islamic Emirate led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is scheduled to travel to Doha at the end of this month to meet with American officials. Abdul Qahar Balkhi tweeted that in the meeting, ending sanctions and blacklists, releasing Afghanistan’s bank reserves, and stopping violations of Afghanistan’s airspace…