By Murtaza Ali Shah in The News, December 27, 2023LONDON: Aleema Khan has revealed that legal proceedings will be initiated in the UK by Imran Khan’s sons and in the US against American diplomat Donald Lu, seeking justice for the PTI chief. However, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the UK appears to be unaware of these developments. In the United States, Atif Khan, a PTI Core Committee member and adviser to Imran Khan, has verified…
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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…
report in Dawn online, Nov 8, 2023Expressing condolences on the recent wave of terror attacks in Pakistan, including the Mianwali air base assault, the US State Department has affirmed that “no equipment was left behind by American forces during the Afghanistan withdrawal” that could be utilised by terrorists to target Pakistan. The US State Department’s principal deputy spokesperson, Vedant Patel, made this statement during a press briefing on Tuesday, in response to a query regarding…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, Oct 2, 2023WASHINGTON: A move in the US Congress to prohibit assistance to Pakistan has been defeated by a clear majority as American lawmakers underlined the importance of their bilateral ties with Islamabad. Last month, Tennessee Republican Andy Ogles proposed an amendment to the US Appropriations bill, seeking to bar US defence assistance to Pakistan to discourage the ongoing crackdown on political dissent. The move was put to vote recently…
report in Khaama Press, online ,Sept 4, 2023Masood Khan, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, emphasized that despite the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan, the threat of terrorism still exists in the country. According to a report by Radio Pakistan on Monday, Khan said that both the United States and Pakistan are responsible for directing Afghanistan towards stability. He highlighted the collaboration between the United States and Pakistan in the fight against terrorism, though…
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…
report in Prothom Alo. July 7, 2023Russia has described the role of several European and American politicians regarding the upcoming election in Bangladesh as neo-colonialism. Moscow sees such types of activities is an “attempt at blatant interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state.” The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia tweeted on Thursday. The tweet said, “We have taken note of certain European and American politicians publishing letters calling for “free and fair”…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, Mar 17,2023 at 8:50 PMThe head of US Central Command, Michael Kurilla, said that Daesh In Afghanistan will be able to attack American or Western interests outside the country in less than six months “with little to no warning,” as reported by Star and Stripes. He made the remarks on Thursday at a Senate Armed Services Committee, saying that Daesh is rapidly developing the ability to conduct “external operations”…
by Kunal Purohit in SCMP, 28 Dec 2022The rise of a veteran Maoist leader to become Nepal’s new prime minister is likely to inject “more momentum” into the country’s China ties while also checking American influence in the region, analysts said, after communist parties came together on Sunday to oust the previous US-aligned government. Pushpa Kamal Dahal, more popularly known as Prachanda – meaning fearless – ditched his alliance partner the Nepali Congress (NC) to…
report in Khaama Press online, Dec 21, 2022During the last days of Ashraf Ghani’s government, high-ranking officials helped smuggle around $1 billion in cash and gold out of the country, Business Insider the American media company reported. The American media published a report on Tuesday, showing that during the last three months of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, as districts were falling to the Taliban fighters one after another, smugglers with the help of government…