by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Daily Morning, Oct 26, 2023While it is up to the Defence Ministry to decide whether to implement the Parliament’s Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) on National Security’s recommendation to inform United States (US) Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung to refrain from making remarks regarding the internal affairs of Sri Lanka, the said SOC stated that their message has, however, reached the relevant parties. The said SOC had recently recommended the…
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By Wajid Ali Syed in The News, October 07, 2023WASHINGTON: A number of US lawmakers, during their meetings with the Pakistani ambassador, have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen Pak-US ties by expanding the scope of current cooperation in different areas including trade, investment, renewable energy, climate change, and regional security. Last week, Ambassador Masood Khan met Senator Bill Hagerty, Senator Jon Ossoff, Representative Jim Banks, Co-Chair Pakistan Congressional Caucus, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, Ranking Member House…
Report in Dawn, September 4th, 2023LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz and US envoy to Pakistan Donald Blome on Sunday held a meeting at her Murree residence wherein both sides discussed matters of mutual interest, including economy and security. The picture of the meeting was shared by the PML-N social media account. It was also re-tweeted by the PML-N chief organiser. The statement posted by the former ruling party’s handle said that…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews Online, April 04, 2023 at 6:50 PMThe Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said on Monday that the general consulate of Russia based in Mazar-e-Sharif is operating. According to the TASS report, Alexey Pereverzev was previously appointed as Russian consul general in Mazar-e-Sharif. The Islamic Emirate Foreign Ministry said that several months ago Russian consular technical groups came to Afghanistan to provide consular services. “According to our information,…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press Online, March 16, 2023Tomas Niklasson, European Special Representative for Afghanistan expressed his concerns about human rights and said stability in Afghanistan requires an inclusive political system and national dialogue. Mr. Niklasson on Tuesday wrote on Twitter that an inclusive government should be formed to avoid further political unrest and stability in the war-torn country. Furthermore, he expressed concerns about human rights and growing threats from terrorism in Afghanistan and…