Prime Minister Imran Khan has created “an environment of trust” between the US and Pakistan, said Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Assad Majeed Khan while speaking with Reverend Mark Farr, president and emcee at Sustained Dialogue Institute (SDI), a Washington-based think tank. The two countries are enjoying a renewed relationship following the summer visit […]
Afghan women crucial for lasting peace
Peace talks have resumed between the United States and the Taliban, including the possibility of intra-Afghan talks – that have given some Afghans hope that after years of tragic suffering, death and violence the war may end soon; however, the news has terrified some Afghans – especially women. Afghan women and activists claim that as […]
US resurrects peace talks with Taliban
The United States resumed talks with the Taliban in Qatar on Saturday, a US source said, three months after President Donald Trump abruptly halted diplomatic efforts that could end America’s longest war. A State Department spokesperson said, on Saturday the Afghan group held their first round of talks with the US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad […]
Pakistan’s economy moving towards stability
Pakistan’s economy is on the path to stabilization, said Adviser to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh while speaking to press on Sunday at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington DC. Shaikh, was speaking to press after leading a delegation to Washington D.C., which included the State Bank Governor Reza Baqir, Finance […]
Wells launches Phase Two of US-Pakistan Women’s Council
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells participated in the US launch of the second phase of the US-Pakistan Women’s Council (USPWC) on September 23 on the Sidelines of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The second phase was launched by kicking off the Pakistan Million Women Mentor Initiative with […]
PM KHAN: US DUTY TO CALM KASHMIR
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday pushed US President Donald Trump to restart talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban and said Washington has a “duty” to calm the Kashmir standoff with India. “Stability in Afghanistan means stability in Pakistan,” Khan said at the start of a meeting with Trump on the sidelines of the UN General […]
US says it guards special Pak-US military relationship
In his address at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington DC to mark Defence & Martyrs Day, Assistant Secretary of Defence, Randall Schriver, said Pakistan and the US have a very special relationship that the US appreciates and “jealously guard.” “We have a strong foundation for this relationship. We jealously guard our special role in this […]
Won’t allow India to present freedom struggle as terrorism, says AJK PM
Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan assured the Kashmiri and Pakistani American community that Kashmiris “will not give India the opportunity to present our struggle for freedom as terrorism”. While addressing a Pakistani community event at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington DC on Monday night, Khan added, “We will guard our […]
Trust me, I will be speaking the truth only: PM to US
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said Pakistan has always close ties with the United States and expressed the hope to get back to the relationship which is based on truth and trust as well as mutual respect. Speaking to the US Congressmen at the Capitol Hill, where a reception was held in his honour, the […]
COAS discusses security, Afghan peace with Pompeo
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited the US State Department and met with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, said Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor in a series of tweets. According to the army spokesperson, during the meeting the two leaders discussed regional security issues and the Afghan peace […]