By Hadia Ziaei in ToloNews, Dec 19, 2023 at 9:42 PMThe Islamic Emirate considers the UN members’ decision to not hand over the Afghanistan seat at the United Nations to its ambassador “illegal.” This comes as the UN Credentials Committee has deferred its decision on assigning Afghanistan’s seat in the organization to the Islamic Emirate for the third consecutive time. The committee reviewed two conflicting communications regarding Afghanistan’s representation at the seventy-eighth session of the…
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By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Nov 24, 2023ISLAMABAD: The much-discussed 7th March 2022 cipher, received by the Foreign Ministry from the-then Pakistani ambassador to the US, was never declassified, sources said. The PTI and its legal team claim that the cipher was declassified. However, sources in the FIA, which had probed the cipher case and gone through the cabinet meetings record, said the cipher was never declassified. It has been disclosed that the question…
Report in Prthom Alo, Nov 16, 2023Chattogram: An upazila level leader of the governing Awami League has threatened to kill the US ambassador to Bangladesh, Peter D Haas, while addressing a public rally. A 28-second video clip of the public speech of Faridul Alam, senior vice-president of Maheshkhali upazila unit of Awami League in Cox’s Bazar, went viral on Wednesday. The US embassy in Bangladesh expressed their concerns in this regard. Faridul Alam on 6…
Report in Dawn, October 23rd, 2023LAHORE: Iranian Ambassador Dr Reza Amiri Moghaddam has identified a lack of banking channel, behaviour of some bureaucrats both in Pakistan and Iran, and an international currency, as major hurdles to the promotion of trade between Tehran and Islamabad. “Besides the currency problem, other issues that need immediate attention are establishing a formal banking channel, the main trade infrastructure, for business transactions between Pakistan and Iran, and bringing a change…
by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Daily Morning, Oct 26, 2023While it is up to the Defence Ministry to decide whether to implement the Parliament’s Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) on National Security’s recommendation to inform United States (US) Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung to refrain from making remarks regarding the internal affairs of Sri Lanka, the said SOC stated that their message has, however, reached the relevant parties. The said SOC had recently recommended the…
By Asim Yasin in The News, October 26, 2023ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development (OP&HRD) Jaward Sohrab Malik met with the United States Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome on Wednesday to discuss how to mobilize the US-Pakistani diaspora and the private sector in Pakistan. Jaward Malik applauded the valuable contribution of the government of the United States and its commitment to continue engaging and partnering with the…
by Amin Ahmed in Dawn, October 12th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The United States (US) has and will continue to stand with Pakistan and its vulnerable communities as one year after the devastating floods, millions of Pakistanis still need urgent support, US Ambassador Donald Armin Blome reaffirmed on Tuesday. According to a press statement released by the US embassy, Ambassador Blome’s recent visit to Sindh underscores the continued US commitment to aiding Pakistan’s most vulnerable regions in their…
report in The Island, Sept 30, 2023China will continue to firmly support Sri Lanka in pursuing a development path that suits its own national conditions, getting rid of the “poverty trap” and the “trap of non-development”, and safeguarding its independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and national dignity, Ambassador Qi Zhenhong said at the 74th National Day Reception of the People’s Republic of China on Thursday. Given below are excerpts of the Chinese Ambassador’s speech: “Right now,…
report in Daily Times, Sept 27, 2023Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani and Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zeidang discussed various matters of mutual interest, encompassing bilateral relations, economic collaboration, and coordination. The determination to enhance bilateral cooperation across diverse sectors was reaffirmed, underlining the mutual benefits for both nations during the meeting, said a news release. Furthermore, the meeting underscored the imperative for joint endeavors aimed at promoting peace, prosperity, and development in the region. While extending…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 25, 2023US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas yesterday said media in Bangladesh may also come under the purview of the US visa policy. He came up with the remark in an exclusive interview with Channel 24 at its office, reports the television channel. “We are applying the policy in a balanced way against anyone regardless of whether they are pro-government, whether they are in the opposition, or whether they…
by Shi Jiangtao in SCMP, Sept 16, 2023China’s new ambassador to Afghanistan, Zhao Xing, presented his credentials at a grand ceremony in Kabul on Wednesday, becoming the first foreign envoy to take up their post since the Taliban retook power in August 2021. While the Taliban – which has not been officially recognised by any foreign government – hailed Zhao’s arrival as “the beginning of a new chapter”, the Chinese foreign ministry sought to play…