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Pakistan’s envoy meets more US lawmakers to seek enhanced investment & trade

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Tuba Zafar

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 : Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, continued his contacts at Capitol Hill on Tuesday when he held separate meetings with four US lawmakers to discuss the possibility of boosting investment and trade between the two countries. With Congressman […]

Pakistan’s envoy meets two US lawmakers in efforts to boost bilateral ties

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Tuba Zafar

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 : Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US, Rizwan Saeed Sheikh Monday had separate meetings with two American lawmakers and discussed ways to strengthen US-Pak relations, said a Pakistani embassy press release. With Congressman Tom Kean, a Republican from New Jersey, the Pakistani envoy, […]

US demands Israel allow humanitarian aid into Gaza or risk losing military support

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Tuba Zafar

WASHINGTON, Oct 16 : In what was seen as an overly delayed action, the United States has put Israel on notice that it could risk losing access to American weapons unless it allows more humanitarian aid to flow to Palestinians in the war-shattered Gaza Strip. […]

US sending advanced missile defence system, troops to Israel engaged in attacking Palestine, Lebanon

Posted on October 14, 2024 by Tuba Zafar

WASHINGTON, Oct 14 : The United States will send to Israel an advanced missile defense system and 100 more troops to operate it, the Pentagon announced Sunday, amid escalating Israeli attacks on Palestine and Lebanon. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin authorized the deployment of a […]

Kamala Harris takes narrow lead over Donald Trump in US presidential race: new poll

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Tuba Zafar

NEW YORK, Oct 08 : US Vice President Kamala Harris, who is the Democratic presidential nominee, took a slim lead over former Republican President Donald Trump in the latest national survey conducted by The New York Times and Siena College. The poll, released Tuesday, shows […]

Biden notes ‘remarkable sweep of history’ in final UN address as president; seeks to calm Mideast tension

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Tuba Zafar

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 : US President Joe Biden Tuesday delivered his final speech to the UN General Assembly, saying that a diplomatic solution between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah was still possible, as he called for easing tensions in the Middle East. With four months […]

Donald Trump, Kamala Harris deadlocked in US presidential race: new polls

Posted on September 20, 2024 by Tuba Zafar

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 20 : Former US President Donald Trump, a Republican candidate, and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris remain deadlocked in a pair of polls released Thursday, but the Democratic nominee maintains a 4-point lead in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. (A battleground state […]

Pakistanis in Houston rally to support badly wounded student

Posted on September 14, 2024 by Tuba Zafar

NEW YORK, Sep 14 : The Pakistani-American community in Houston, Texas, has rallied around a Pakistani female student who was severely injured by a hit-and-run driver and lying in pain in intensive treatment at a hospital, according to media reports. Dania Zaheer, 25, was crossing […]

Delegation of senior judges visits Pak Embassy in Washington

Posted on August 31, 2024 by Tuba Zafar

WASHINTON, August 31 (Online): Justice Shahid Waheed, a senior judge of the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan. along with high level delegation visited Pakistan embassy in Washington. Newly appointed Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Rizwan Saeed Sheikh received a high-level delegation headed by Justice […]

US, UN call for action to end enforced disappearances

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Tuba Zafar

WASHINGTON, Aug 30 : The United States and the United Nations Friday marked the ‘International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances’, with a call to the perpetrators of enforced disappearances to cease this practice and return victims to their families. “Enforced disappearance is an […]

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