by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, November 19th, 2023WASHINGTON: Eleven members of the US Congress, in a letter to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, have urged the Biden administration to withhold future US assistance to Pakistan, until the country restores constitutional order and holds free and fair elections. The lawmakers requested a legal determination from the Department of State under the Leahy Laws and Section 502(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act to assess if US-origin…
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by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Oct 8th, 2023QUETTA: The seventh meeting of the Pak-Iran border committee, held in the Iranian border town of Mir-Javeh on Saturday, has decided to jointly combat terrorist groups, outlaws and drug smugglers on both sides of the border and extend mutual assistance and cooperation. It was also decided to take steps to stop Iranian oil smuggling. The Pakistani delegation was led by Additional Secretary Home for Balochistan Abdul Salam Khan…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, March 20, 2023Afghanistan has asked the UN for assistance and requested wheat storage facilities in response to growing concerns about the country’s drought. The Chamber of agriculture and livestock has called on the UN to help the country amidst concerns over possible droughts. “The international community and other countries need to support Afghanistan under the current situation. The government also has to make wheat storage facilities so…