‘Imran-Trump meeting a new beginning in Pak-US ties’ on July 24, 2019Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said Monday’s White House talks between the top Pakistani and US leaders mark a new beginning in the bilateral relations. He was briefing Pakistani media after more than three hours of talks and meetings led by Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Donald Trump. The foreign minister described President […]
US president offers mediation on Kashmir on July 23, 2019United States President Trump Donald on Monday offered to help mediate the long-running Kashmir conflict between Pakistan and India as he met Prime Minister Imran Khan for the first time. During the meeting at the White House, Trump said he would be keen to help, if the two countries asked him. “If I can, I […]
Bilateral ties in focus as PM reaches US on three-day visit on July 21, 2019Prime Minister Imran Khan will kick-start his three-day visit to the United States on Sunday, as he is scheduled to address a record-setting gathering of the Pakistani community at a stadium in the downtown of Washington DC. The prime minister arrived here Saturday afternoon for high-stake parleys with President Donald Trump on advancing Pakistan-US relations […]
Trump, Imran set to meet at White House on July 22 on July 11, 2019US President Donald J Trump will welcome Prime Minister Imran Khan to the White House on July 22, according to a press statement issued by the office of the White House press secretary on Wednesday. “During their meeting, President Trump and Prime Minister Imran Khan will discuss a range of issues, including counter-terrorism, defence, energy, […]
Pakistan envoy lauds recent round of US, Taliban talks on June 26, 2019The Pakistani ambassador to the US lauded efforts of the new round of peace talks between the Taliban and the United States, on Monday, a day after both sides resumed negotiations in Pakistan. Speaking at an event at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a think tank in Washington DC, Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan said: […]
Pakistan promoting religious pluralism by easing visa restrictions: envoy to US on May 18, 2019Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Dr Asad Majeed Khan on Thursday said that Pakistan is promoting religious pluralism by easing visa restrictions and promoting religious tourism to support religious inclusivity. The envoy said this while hosting an interfaith Iftar at the Pakistani Embassy in Washington DC. Welcoming some of Washington’s most prominent interfaith leaders, […]
LLF in NYC spotlights national debates on May 12, 2019The Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) usually involves professional writers and experts sitting and talking to one another in public, sometimes a debate, to provide a form of lively entertainment that highlights key issues in Pakistan. Therefore, the recent Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) that concluded in New York was not too dissimilar from previous years and […]
Pakistan is crucial to Afghan Peace Talks, despite Khan’s blunder on April 2, 2019Special representative for Afghan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, is visiting the region this week as Washington increases efforts to negotiate a peace settlement. The peace envoy’s tour comes in the midst of the rebuke over Prime Minister Imran Khan’s suggestion that the Afghans set up a “neutral interim government,” to help the peace talks with the […]
Minister Zaidi opens Pakistan’s doors to global businesses during US visit on March 20, 2019Addressing media on his first visit to Washington DC, Pakistan Federal Minister for Maritime Affair, Syed Ali Haider Zaidi, said that he hoped the global powers would understand the situation that they had pushed Pakistan towards. He was speaking on the recent conflict between Pakistan and India over Kashmir and wondered”what is India doing in […]
Young US Muslims clean up US parks as govt shutdown continues on January 17, 2019Young Muslim men from across the United Statesspent Saturday clearing rubbish from American national parks impacted by the government shutdown. Following US President Donald Trump’s warning last week that the government shutdown might last for weeks or even years, the men, wearing gloves and protected clothing spread across the Mall in Washington DC – they […]