By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews Online Dec 29, 2023 at 9:03 PMAfter the request of the Islamic Emirate to the leader of Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, to visit Kabul, now the leader of this party, emphasizing the establishment of trust between Kabul and Islamabad, said that this work should be part of Pakistan’s foreign policy. He also added that he will travel to Afghanistan after the election campaign to discuss common interests. The leader…
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by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, Dec 20th, 2023WASHINGTON: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir engaged with US scholars and foreign policy experts in Washington on Tuesday on the last leg of his week-long visit to the United States. The meeting covered the regional security situation in South Asia and economic stability in Pakistan, which some of the participants thought was linked to political stability and security in the country. On Monday, the army…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, December 11th, 2023WASHINGTON: Army Chief Gen Asim Munir left for Washington on Sunday for his inaugural visit to the United States since assuming the role last year. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed in a statement that this was Gen Munir’s first visit to the United States as the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), during which he is scheduled to meet senior US military and government officials. Since the…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 30, 2023Completing his half-month-long visit to China and New York, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is returning home on Saturday from Chengdu. This is probably the first time that a Nepali prime minister has been out of the country for two weeks, amid several crises including doctors’ protests and teachers’ agitation, price rises ahead of big festivals, a struggling economy and poor governance. Also, the regular House…
by Zulqernain Tahir | Atika Rehman in Dawn, Sept 21st, 2023• Ex-PM had only returned on Tuesday; ‘N’ leader says issues ‘that can’t be discussed over the phone’ on the table• Maryam holds meeting with uncle, will also arrive in UK today by separate flight for pre-planned visit LONDON / LAHORE: Merely 48 hours after he returned to the country from the UK, former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif is heading back to London today (Thursday),…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 11, 2023Leaders of major parties have advised Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to maintain a fine balance in the country’s relations with the two neighbours as he prepares for a China visit this month. Dahal is preparing for two back-to-back visits—first to the 78th United National General Assembly in New York and then to China. Dahal is scheduled to address the UNGA on September 21 and…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 16, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will be leaving Kathmandu to participate in the 78th United Nations General Assembly on September 16. The event is taking place in New York, from where Dahal will on September 22 embark on a visit to China. At the Nepal government’s request, the United Nations headquarters has rescheduled the prime minister’s address, pulling it a day ahead, after it clashed with the date…
By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Aug 11, 2023Foreign Minister Ali Sabry told Parliament yesterday that his ministry had received no information about CIA Chief William J. Burns’ alleged visit to Sri Lanka on Feb 14. Making a ministerial statement in response to a series of questions raised by SLPP dissident MP Ven. Aturaliye Ratana Thera on June 22, the minister said that his ministry only provided necessary diplomatic clearances for the aircraft to fly…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post,Aug 4, 2023US Ambassador Dean Thompson is learnt to have met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Thursday. One of the envoy’s motives for the meeting was to confirm whether the prime minister would attend the upcoming 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to sources at the prime minister’s private secretariat. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no information about the meeting. According…
AFP report, July 8, 2023COX’S BAZAR: Six Rohingya refugees were killed in a Bangladesh relief camp amid clashes that broke out just hours after an International Criminal Court prosecutor visited the settlements to gather testimony, police said on Friday. This week’s violence was the latest in a series of deadly clashes between the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO), two rival insurgent groups operating in the camps. Faruq Ahmed, a…