Muna Habib
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US president offers mediation on Kashmir
United 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 … → Read More
American-Muslims unite for Pittsburgh Synagogue attack
WASHINGTON: The American-Muslim community united to condemn the deadliest attack against Jews on U.S. soil and raise tens of thousands of dollars to support the victims of the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. The crowd funding campaign hosted by Muslim crowd funding site Launch good, aims to … → Read More
PTM leader selected for US leadership programme
WASHINGTON: Mohsin Javad Dawar, a leader of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), addressed journalists, academics and US State Department officials at a roundtable discussion this week at the Washington DC-based think tank The Hudson Institute. Dawar, recently elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate from North Waziristan, is in the US as part … → Read More
Blaming Pakistan for Afghan 'failures' is unfair: Qureshi
WASHINGTON: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said it was unfair to blame Pakistan alone for failures in Afghanistan. “We cannot and should not be held responsible for the failures in Afghanistan, whether it’s poor governance, corruption or disunity within the Afghan government,” he said while addressing a seminar at the United States Institute of … → Read More
US, China both important to Pakistan, Qureshi tells press in DC
The United States and China are equally important to Pakistan, said Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi while speaking at the Pakistani embassy in Washington D.C. on Sunday. He was responding to a media questions on the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf led government’s foreign policy ahead of his participation at the United Nations 73rd General Assembly. Qureshi will … → Read More
Naval chief dwells upon ties with US, India, Afghanistan
Earlier this week, Naval Chief Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi addressed the American media at the Pakistan embassy in Washington D.C. He stressed that Pakistan sought a good, equitable relationship with the United States (US) based on mutual respect. In responding to a question about the suspension of $300 million US aid to Pakistan, including the … → Read More
Purpose of visit is to 'reset' relationship, Pompeo says before departure
Before leaving for the high-level visit to Pakistan, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told journalists here that the purpose of the visit was to ‘reset’ relations between the two countries. Acknowledging the previously fraught relationship between the two countries, Pompeo said,”We’re hopeful that with the new leadership we can find common ground and … → Read More
US Pompeo welcomes Afghanistan Ghani’s truce with Taliban
WASHINGTON: The United States is ready to support and facilitate direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on Sunday, following Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani’s announcement of anEid ceasefire to mark the Eidull-Azha holiday. “The United States welcomes the announcement by the Afghan government of a ceasefire … → Read More
Indo-Pak’s nuclear perils
Nuclear crisis management folk may ponder the advice given by 66th former United States Secretary of State, Condolezza Rice, to India and Pakistan when trying to avert a nuclear crisis during the 2001-2002 Kargil crisis, “acknowledge the right of others to do what we had done in responding to the attacks on the twin towers … → Read More
US to restore sanctions on Iran
The United States on Monday has re-imposed the first round of Iranian trade sanctions that had been suspended under the 2015 nuclear accord, increasing the divide with Europe and ratcheting pressure on Tehran. In background calls to reporters, senior U.S. officials said the sanctions that have been waived for the past two-and-a half years will … → Read More
US expresses concern over elections, willing to work with new govt
The United States has expressed concerns about irregularities in Pakistan’s pre-voting electoral process, as reported by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), including ‘constraints placed on freedoms of expression and association during the campaign period’. These concerns were expressed by the State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, in a statement on Friday. However, Nauert… → Read More
US open to direct peace dialogue with Taliban
In a tactical policy shift this week, the Trump administration said it will consider holding direct talks with the Taliban to encourage peace negotiations between the terrorist group and the Afghan government in an effort to bring an end to the 17-year-old war, US media reported. Previously, the Trump administration appeared willing to participate in … → Read More
US gas import crucial to US- Pak trade relations
WASHINGTON: Pakistan Ambassador to the US Ali Jehangir Siddiqui said importing more US natural gas is crucial to expanding US – Pakistan trade relations and Pakistan’s energy supply. Speaking with US media in Washington D.C., Monday he said,purchasing more liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US will allow Pakistan to boost its exports while maintaining … → Read More
US leaves UN Human Rights Council
US 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 … → Read More
Afghan Taliban agree to three-day truce call
The 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 … → Read More
US ditches Pakistan when not required: Musharrarf
Former 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 … → Read More
World Bank-Pakistan Indus Water talks reach impasse
After 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 … → Read More
Pakistan IWT delegation arrives in Washington for talks with World Bank
Pakistan’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 … → Read More
Pakistani teenager killed in Texas school shooting was due home for Eid
KARACHI/Washington D.C. A Pakistani exchange student was among the 10 people killed in a a high school shooting incident in Texas, United States, that ended when the 17- year-old attacker surrendered to authorities. Sabika Sheikh, 17, was due home after 10 months to celebrate Eidul Fitr with her family, her father Abdul Aziz told Daily … → Read More
Pak diplomats in US to face movement restrictions soon
The 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 … → Read More