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…
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By Mariana Baabar in The News, November 29, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday summoned a representative of the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad where Pakistan strongly condemned the suicide attack perpetrated on a security forces convoy in the Bannu district on November 26 by an Afghan national. The foreign office demanded the Afghan interim government to take swift “verifiable actions” against all terrorist groups and their sanctuaries. The envoy was also asked to…
report in The News, Oct 19, 2023RIYADH: An investigation into the allegations of issuing Pakistani identity cards and passports to Afghan citizens has been launched, with Saudi Arabia sending over 12,000 passports of Afghans to the Pakistani Embassy. It should be noted that a committee has been formed to investigate the recovery of fake Pakistani passports from 12,000 Afghans in Saudi Arabia. According to sources, the Ministry of Interior has formed the five-member committee under…
report in Khaama Press online, Oct 3, 2023Pakistani police have detained more than a thousand Afghan migrants in the last two weeks, according to the Afghan embassy in Islamabad. In a statement issued Tuesday, the embassy reported that some of these detainees lost their lives while in custody, and their bodies were discovered in hospitals and various other locations. The Taliban embassy emphasized that despite repeated promises from Pakistani authorities, the “arrest, harassment, and mistreatment”…
by Sahan Tennekoon in The Daily Morning, Sept 29, 2023The increase in the number of Sri Lankan migrants who enter the Sultanate of Oman on visit and tourist visas has caused inconvenience to the procedures of the Sri Lankan diplomatic corps in Oman, The Daily Morning learns. In the wake of around 130 illegal migrant workers being stranded in Oman at the moment, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Sultanate of Oman, Ahamed Lebbe…
Reuters in Dawn, September 28th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Just a day after Russia claimed to have made its first Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) delivery to Pakistan, the government distanced itself from the import, triggering a controversy over the shipment amid an energy crisis. The energy ministry on Wednesday said Islamabad was ascertaining the facts after Russia’s embassy tweeted that Moscow had made its first LPG delivery to Pakistan. However, the ministry made it clear that the government…
report in The Express Tribune, Sept 26th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: US Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Rena Bitter would arrive in Islamabad on Tuesday (today) for talks with a host of Pakistani officials and to observe the consular operations at the US embassy and its consulates, the embassy said in a statement on Monday. The statement said that the Assistant Secretary Bitter would visit Islamabad and Karachi, besides undertaking a trip to Dhaka in Bangladesh…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, Sept 6th, 2023WASHINGTON: The US State Department has said it was up to the consular officials at the Pakistan Embassy to issue or reject a visa request by a US citizen, and it did not relate to them. The issue was raised after recent media reports claimed the Pakistan Embassy had denied visas to US citizens of Pakistani origin because of their links to PTI. The reports added that some…
REPORT IN Dhaka Tribune, Aug 16, 2023The visit of two US congressmen has underscored the “continued commitment” of Washington to strengthening US-Bangladesh bilateral relations, the US embassy has said. Representatives of US Congress Rich McCormick and Ed Case left Bangladesh on Tuesday. During their four-day visit, they met with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, leaders of the ruling Awami League, opposition BNP and Jatiya Party, and members of civil society, among others. They also visited…
By Fatema Adeeb in TOLOnews, June 16, 2023 at 11:03 PMThe Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said that as long as the current Afghan officials are not recognized by the world, no ambassador can work in the Afghan embassy in Russia. In an interview with Russian media outlet RTVI, Kabulov also noted that the current government in Afghanistan is not inclusive. “Officially, the officials of the current Afghan government are not recognized, which…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, May 16, 2023 at 9:32 PMOfficials of the Afghan embassy in India, who have been publicly accused of corruption, may leave the country, said Shams Qarizada, a representative of the “Afghans based in India.” According to Qarizada, these officials are seeking visas of foreign countries. Earlier, TOLOnews saw documents provided as evidence of discrepancies in financial records and alleged corruption at the Afghan embassy in India. In one of the…