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Hawaii official say ‘no regrets’ about lack of wildfire sirens

Posted on August 18, 2023 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD Aug 17 (Online): Embattled officials in Hawaii who have been criticised for the lack of warnings as a deadly wildfire ripped through a town insisted on Wednesday that sounding emergency sirens would not have saved lives. At least 110 people died when the inferno […]

Pakistan is moving towards political and economic stability, Masood Khan

Posted on August 18, 2023 by News Desk

NEWYORK, August 17 (Online): Masood Khan, Pakistan’s ambassador to America, has said that Pakistan is moving towards political and economic stability. On Independence Day, Pakistan’s Ambassador Masood Khan unfurled the Pakistani flag and New York City while Mayor Eric Adams hoisted the American flag. Speaking […]

Biden to visit Hawaii as first wildfire victims named

Posted on August 17, 2023 by News Desk

Kahului, United States, Aug 16 (AFP/APP): President Joe Biden will head to fire-ravaged Hawaii next week to meet with survivors and first responders still hunting for bodies, the White House said Wednesday, as the first victims of the horrific blaze were named. The fire, which […]

U.S. still focused on diplomatic solution to attempted coup in Niger

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Hooriya Qureshi

WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (XINHUA/APP):U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the United States is still “very focused on diplomacy” as the tool to solve the ongoing political crisis in Niger resulting from an attempted coup by a junta. “We remain very focused on […]

Masood Khan emphasizes people-to-people linkages to strengthen economic ties with US

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Hooriya Qureshi

WASHINGTON, AUG 12 (ONLINE): Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan has stressed the need for promotion of people-to-people linkages to strengthen economic partnership with the United States. Talking to Council Member Ms. Naila Alam in Washington, he said Pak-American community has a huge […]

Death toll from U.S. Hawaii wildfire rises to 67

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Hooriya Qureshi

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 (Xinhua/APP):– The death toll from wildfires burning in the U.S. state of Hawaii’s Maui jumped to 67, Maui County officials said Friday. As firefighting efforts continue, 12 additional fatalities have been confirmed as of Friday afternoon amid the active Lahaina fire, […]

Blinken says no sanctions relief for Iran under prisoner deal

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Hooriya Qureshi

WASHINGTON Aug 11 (Online): Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that the United States would offer no sanctions relief to Iran under a draft deal that would free five Americans. “In any event, in any respect, Iran will not be receiving any sanctions relief,” […]

Leaked ‘cipher’ hints at US pressure over Russia visit

Posted on August 11, 2023 by News Desk

Leaked ‘cipher’ hints at US pressure over Russia visit WASHINGTON Aug 10 (Online): In a startling revelation, a US-based news organisation has published what it claims is the text of a diplomatic cipher, sent to Islamabad last year by Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US […]

Road named after Allama Iqbal in New York City’s Queens Borough

Posted on August 8, 2023 by News Desk

NEW YORK, Aug 07 (APP): With Pakistan’s Independence Day around the corner, a road in New York City’s Queens Borough was named after Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the country’s national poet who visualized and then worked for a separate homeland for Muslims of the sub-continent. “Allama […]

Pakistan-U.S. exchange alumni call for climate change solutions

Posted on August 6, 2023 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Aug 06 (APP): Representing from alumni of various US government exchange programs, climate experts, government leaders, and activists have called for climate change solutions and offered individual pledges to tackle global climate issues ahead of COP28. They expressed these views in an event arranged […]

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