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Nepal’s ambassadors wait—months on end—for political access in Delhi, Beijing

Report in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 17, 20223Published at : March 17, 2023Updated at : March 17, 2023 07:50The “neighbourhood first” policy that New Delhi adopted after the election of Narendra Modi as India’s prime minister in 2014 has proven to be no more than lip service, at least when it comes to the South Block’s treatment of the Nepali ambassador. Nepal’s Ambassador to India Shankar Sharma has been trying—without success—for 10 months to sit…

Move to slap travel ban on JuD chief’s son challenged

by Malik Asad in Dawn, March 11th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Talha Saeed, son of the chief of banned outfit Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) Hafiz Saeed, has approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking directions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to block an Indian move to impose travel and financial restrictions on him. He also annexed a letter of the Indian home ministry, sent to the United Nations, asking for sanctions against Mr Saeed for being the head of…