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Army chief embarks on charm offensive to woo diaspora

by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, Dec 18th, 2023WASHINGTON: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir unleashed a charm offensive on the Pakistani diaspora, whom he met at a community dinner hosted by the Pakistan embassy last week. Among the attendees were individuals of diverse influence: investors, physicians, IT professionals, engineers, university professors, financial experts, and economists. Despite their varied backgrounds, they shared a common claim: leadership within the Pakistani community in America. Some even…

SAPM, US ambassador discuss mobilising US-Pak diaspora:

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…

National Security House Committee head asks why Diaspora doesn’t want India and TNA investigated

By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Sept 16, 2023Chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security, Rear Admiral (retd.) Sarath Weerasekera, MP, yesterday (15) asked whether a comprehensive international investigation into accountability issues here could be conducted unless India, too, was subjected to the same. The former Public Security Minister was responding to the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) declaration that India and Sri Lanka Core Group at the ongoing 54 session of the UN…

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Service – a den of political appointees

report in Daily Mirror, June 20, 2023 Daily Mirror reliably learns that Rohitha Bogollagama was handpicked as SL’s HC in the UK by the government to reach out to Tamil diaspora for reconciliation Bogollagama’s only foreign experience is that he served as the Foreign Minister under Mahinda Rajapaksa during the time of the civil war Once political appointees are posted in diplomatic missions, their children and relatives soon follow to serve as officers For Moscow…