Tag: Ambassador
Calling Kashmir issue a territorial dispute is in itself dehumanizing?
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai | November 12, 2017. New York. “It was an honor to have an hour-long meeting with Ambassador Yusuf Buch at his...
Strikes on Syria, not a “one time job”: Nikki Haley
News Analysis | Putting his words into action, President Donald Trump, via a video message, addressed American people, authorizing and explaining missile strike against Assad...
US expects India to engage Pakistan in Kashmir talks
M K Bhadrakumar | The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs in the US State Department Alice Wells is visiting India...
Iran nuclear deal on ‘life support’
News Analysis | The Iran Nuclear Deal may be in jeopardy after the recent shifts in Trump’s cabinet. John Bolton became the national security advisor,...
UN tested with elusive Syria truce
AFP | A ceasefire resolution for Syria has failed to take hold as Syrian forces, backed by Russia, make gains in Eastern Ghouta. The question...
Pakistan’s new ambassador to US?
News Analysis | Ali Jahangir Siddiqui has been nominated as the new US ambassador by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. The previous Ambassador, Aizaz Chaudhry’s...
Pakistani mountain climber Samina Baig appointed UNDP goodwill ambassador
News Desk | Pakistani mountaineer Samina Baig has been appointed as the United Nation Development Programme's goodwill ambassador to Pakistan on Monday. Samina Baig is the first...
Iran’s ambassador says US sanction delaying IP project
News Analysis | On February 22, 2018 Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoost, while speaking at a seminar on “Contemporary Relations between Pakistan, Iran and...
Mahira Khan, Hamza Ali Abbasi unveiled as new Peshawar Zalmi ambassadors
News Desk | Last night Peshawar Zalmi introduced their new brand ambassadors Mahira Khan and Hamza Ali Abbasi at a colorful event in Lahore for...
Chief of Army Staff meets Ambassadors of Iran and Turkey
News Analysis | The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa met Mr Ishan Mustafa Yurdakul, newly appointed Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan and...
Chinese Ambassador: Baloch militants are “not true Pakistanis” if they work...
News Analysis | The Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing, while giving an exclusive interview to BBC Urdu on 2nd February, claimed that the Baloch...
Angelina Jolie urges UN to solve Syrian crisis
AFP | UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie urged the UN Security Council to "find a way" to solve Syria's nearly eight-year war during a tour...
Former ambassador Haqqani booked in three FIRs
News Analysis | Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States (US), Husain Haqqani, was booked in First Investigation Reports (FIR) in three different police stations...
What is wrong with our police?
Waqas Khan | Recent events like child molestation and their subsequent murders and the appalling extrajudicial killings of youngsters have brought the inefficiency and the...
Benjamin Netanyahu attempts to woo Bollywood to make movies in Israel
News Desk | Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posed with the heavy-weights from Indian film industry at an event ‘Shalom Bollywood' organized at a luxurious...
“We fight for our national interests and principles, not for aid”,...
News Analysis | “Afghanistan and its partners, especially the US, need to address the challenges inside Afghanistan rather than shift the onus for ending the...
US condemns ‘FreeKarachi’ campaign against Pakistan
News Analysis | A group of Muhajirs in the US have launched a ‘FreeKarachi’ campaign against the alleged atrocities committed against their ethnicity by the...
US urges Pakistan to move against Haqqani network
News Analysis | Ambassador Alice Wells concluded her visit to Pakistan and in a statement released by the US embassy, she emphasized that US wants...
US ambassador admits they need Pakistan’s support
News Analysis | Foreign Secretary (FS) Tehmina Janjua received the US Acting Assistant Secretary of State Ambassador Alice Wells on Monday at the Foreign Office...
What is the future of Russo-British Trade
Haneul Na’avi | “Mock on; thou hast a place of refuge; I am alone, an exile soon to be.” —Euripides, “Medea” The 29 November Russo-British Business...
Divided UN Security Council meets on Iran unrest
AFP | The United States and Russia clashed over Iran at the UN Security Council on Friday as a third straight day of pro-regime rallies...
Maleeha Lodhi fires back at American UN ambassador’s hostile remarks
News Analysis | Maleeha Lodhi took a firm stance against the contentious remarks made by Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations by...
Pakistan reacts to Trump by summoning US ambassador for explanation
News Analysis | Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua summoned US ambassador David Hale early Tuesday morning to seek an explanation for President Trump's outrageous tweets...
65 journalists & media workers killed all over the world in...
AFP | Sixty-five journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2017, according to annual figures published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday. Among them...
US accuses Iran to divert attention from Jerusalem issue
Stana Dubajic | The United States on Thursday presented for the first time, pieces of what it said were Iranian weapons supplied to the Iran-aligned Houthi militia...
Pakistani Disability Movement disassociates themselves from Muniba Mazari
News Desk | The Disability Movement has called off their support of Muniba Mazari in the wake of the allegations against her. The human rights...
Mahira Khan and Momina Mustehsan bag positions in 50 Sexiest Asian...
News Desk | Momina Mustehsan and Mahira Khan from Pakistan bag positions in the list of 50 Sexiest Asian Women. Mahira Khan climbed to 5th...
Trump recognizes Jerusalem as capital of Israel
Reuters with additional input from News Desk | President Donald Trump on Wednesday reversed decades of U.S. policy and recognized Jerusalem as the capital of...
Pakistan and Tajikistan to improve trade relations
News Analysis | The honorable Ambassador of Tajikistan, Jononov Sherali has stated that his country wants to improve trade ties and investment relations with Pakistan...
Muniba Mazari receives award in Serbia for social work in Pakistan
News Desk | Karic Foundation in Serbia recently awarded Muniba Mazari, a UN Goodwill Ambassador to Pakistan, in recognition of her services to her people...
Saudi Arabia recalls ambassador from Germany over Lebanon comments
Reuters | Saudi Arabia has summoned its ambassador in Germany home for consultations over comments allegedly made by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel during a...
Analyzing the future of ‘Trump’ Afghan Policy
News Analysis | I have never been a great admirer of Hussain Haqqani (Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the United States), but two observations that he...
Momina Mustehsan will promote sports among girls
News Desk | Momina Mustehsan is bracing up to run cricket camps in the all-girls school of Islamabad and Lahore along with the team of...
US interventionism produced the 9/11 attacks
Jacob G. Hornberger | One thing is certain about the U.S. mainstream media’s memorialization of the 9/11 attacks. They are not about to mention, much less...
It is “we will do more” vs “we will inflict you...
News Analysis | North Korea and the US are edging towards a dangerous clash. A day after the UNSC slapped Pyongyang with sanctions, both countries...
Trump’s Afghan War & his “New Strategy”- Gen. Jehangir Karamat
General Jehangir Karamat | The long awaited US policy for Afghanistan and South Asia was announced in a clearly articulated and carefully delivered speech by...