Pakistan’s new ambassador to US accredited amid unprecedented pressure on June 26, 2018WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s newly appointed Ambassador to the United States, Ali Jahangir Siddiqui, was accredited as Pakistan’s 28th Ambassador to the United States following his presentation to the US President Donald Trump on Friday, two days after a senior State Department official stated unprecedented pressure on Pakistan. Closed to press, the credential ceremony comprised Siddiqui and seven other ambassadors, […]
Trump’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy continues to shock on June 26, 2018In the past few days, U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy of forcibly separating children from parents seeking asylum, has developed into a political crisis; heartbreaking images and recordings of crying migrant children separated from their parents and swept away into shelters are ricocheting across the world in an uproar of disbelief and dismay. The children’s […]
US leaves UN Human Rights Council on June 21, 2018US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said Tuesday that the United States is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, calling it a “Cesspool of political bias” Hayley accused the council of bias against US, ally Israel, and for a failure to hold human rights violators accountable for their behaviour. Speaking at […]
Afghan Taliban agree to three-day truce call on June 10, 2018The Taliban have agreed to a three-day ceasefire with Afghan government forces coinciding with upcoming Eidul Fitr. In their announcement on Saturday, the group said it would halt all attacks, except against foreign forces. This is the first time the Taliban have agreed to a ceasefire since the 2001 US- led invasion, and follows the […]
US ditches Pakistan when not required: Musharrarf on May 27, 2018Former Pakistan president General (r) Pervez Musharraf has said that the US treats Pakistan according to its needs and “ditches us” when it does not require Islamabad In an interview with Voice of America, Musharraf said that Pak-US relations had suffered quite a blow and were at “the lowest ebb”. The former president said the […]
World Bank-Pakistan Indus Water talks reach impasse on May 25, 2018After two days of meetings between the Pakistani delegation and the World Bank to discuss the Indus Water Treaty, talks have reached an impasse. World Bank officials held meetings with Pakistan’s four-membered delegation, on May 21-22, to discuss Pakistan’s concerns on the Treaty, and to seek clauses within the treaty that enabled both countries to […]
Pakistan IWT delegation arrives in Washington for talks with World Bank on May 22, 2018Pakistan’s delegation arrived in Washington, D.C., on Sunday for three-day talks with the World Bank, to discuss Pakistan’s concerns about the Kishanganga dam, following the Indian prime minister inauguration of the 330MW Kishanganga hydro-electric project in Indian – held Kashmir on Saturday. Pakistan asserts that the Kishanganga violates the conditions established under the Indus Water […]
Pak diplomats in US to face movement restrictions soon on May 11, 2018The United States will implement new “reciprocal restrictions” on the movement of Pakistani diplomats in the next two days, restricting them within 25 miles of their appointed stations in the U.S., according to a Pakistani unnamed official. Once the new arrangement has been enforced, Pakistani diplomats wishing to travel outside their designated radius in the […]
World leaders react as Trump dumps Iran on May 10, 2018Western leaders continued to respond to United States president Donald Trump’s controversial move to dump Iran nuclear deal on Wednesday. Barack Obama, the former US president, hit back in a statement lauding the deal as a “model for what diplomacy can accomplish.” He criticised Trump for withdrawing from the JCPOA, saying, “I believe that the […]
Islamaphobia prompts internalisation of stereotypes, but also increases political engagement on May 6, 2018Our Washington D.C. Correspondent Extraordinary levels of Islamaphobia and an explosion of anti- Muslim rhetoric means U.S. Muslims are internalising stigmatisation to adopt stereotypes about themselves and their community; however, this year a record number have registered to vote and are running for office. According to the third annual poll published this week by the […]