By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 01, 2023Giving continuity to diplomatic exchanges between the US and Nepal, several senior American officials are already in Kathmandu while more are scheduled to arrive within a week. USAID Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Asia Michael Schiffer is in Kathmandu and has started meeting ministers and officials. He arrived on Wednesday and met Finance Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat on the same day. At the meeting, they…
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report in Daily Times, Oct 26, 2023A top Afghanistan diplomat said Wednesday that the Islamic Emirate – or the Taliban administration – had already issued a fatwa (decree) that launching attacks in “Pakistan is not jihad” (holy war). Hafiz Mohibullah Shakir, the acting consul general at the Afghan Consulate in Peshawar, told a private news channel the neighbouring country’s defence ministry had also made it clear that attacking Pakistan did not fall under jihad. The…
By Munawar Hasan in The News, September 23, 2023LAHORE: Work on Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline has already started, and we are ready to fully explore the option of importing gas and oil from neighbouring countries, Caretaker Federal Minister for Energy Muhammad Ali said on Friday. “We will explore Iran’s offer to provide natural gas and petroleum products to Pakistan. I met the Iranian ambassador and discussed bilateral energy issues earlier. To respond to the new offer…