LAHORE : US Economic Officer Doreen Bailey has said that the United States is keen to strengthen trade and economic relations with Pakistan in all sectors of the economy and to achieve the goal. She was talking to the LCCI President Farooq Iftikhar during a visit to the Lahore Chamber of Commerce ...

LAHORE - US Economic Officer Doreen Bailey has said that the United States is keen to strengthen trade and economic relations with Pakistan in all sectors of the economy and to achieve the goal.  She was talking to the LCCI President Farooq Iftikhar during a visit to the Lahore Chamber of ...

The US Consul General, Ms Nina Maria Fite, called on Punjab Governor Makhdum Syed Ahmad Mahmud at Makhdum House on Friday. During the meetign, they discussed the issues of law and order as well as the holding of the general elections. The governor said the government was a firm believer in ...

lahore - The Economic officer – US Consulate Lahore, Ms. Doreen Bailey visited The Lahore Stock Exchange to seek an insight on the Capital Market of Pakistan. The MD/ CEO of The Lahore Stock Exchange, Aftab Ahmad Chaudhary along with his staff shared the structure and performance of the ...

THE HAGUE: A Dutch court jailed a former foreign ministry worker for 12 years on Tuesday for passing hundreds of sensitive military documents toRussia, including on NATO's activities inAfghanistanandLibya. "The court rules as proven that he passed confidential documents to theRussian Federationfor ...

LAHORE – German Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Cyrill Nunn called on former chief minister Shahbaz Sharif at his residence Monday. Matters of national economy, development process in Punjab and prevalent politics were discussed in the meeting. Shahbaz said Germany and Pakistan were tied in close ...

LAHORE–British High Commissioner Adam Thomson met Chief Minister Najam Sethi at CM Secretariat Wednesday and discussed with him bilateral matters.  Talking to Thomson, Sethi said the UK is an important trade partner of Pakistan and the two countries enjoy cordial relations. He said that ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A young diplomat killed in Afghanistan will be remembered at memorial service on Tuesday at the suburban Chicago high school she attended, and where just a few months ago she spoke with students about her experiences in the US Foreign Service. Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was killed ...

WASHINGTON  - Relatives and colleagues of a young US diplomat killed in Afghanistan honored her Sunday as a smart woman just starting her career and eager to engage with locals in the war-ravaged country. Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was among at least five Americans killed in separate attacks ...

Tehran  - Iran has barred a Saudi diplomat allegedly involved in a deadly drink-driving accident from leaving the country, Fars news agency cited top lawmaker as saying on Sunday. The unnamed diplomat was “barred from leaving until the clarification of the (legal) status” of the ...

KANDAHAR  – A female American diplomat and six NATO personnel were killed on Saturday in two separate attacks in Afghanistan, officials said, in the deadliest day for foreign forces this year.Three US soldiers and two American civilians were among the dead, a US security source said, ...

UNITED NATIONS - A top U.N. envoy said Sunday he was alarmed at recent reports that Israeli settlers have repeatedly attacked Palestinian farmers in the West Bank, destroying hundreds of olive trees at the height of the harvest season. “These acts are reprehensible and I call on the ...

WASHINGTON  - The United States has declared the Venezuelan consul general in Miami persona non grata and ordered her expulsion from the country, a US official said Sunday. The official, who asked not to be identified, said Livia Acosta Noguera was notified of the action on Friday and given ...

A Delhi court framed charges against former Indian diplomat and alleged ISI agent Madhuri Gupta under provisions of Officials Secrets Act and IPC. She's been charged under sections 3 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act. The maximum punishment under these sections is three years in jail. A chargesheet ...

LAHORE - Muhammad Hussain Bin Asadi, Head of Mission of Consulate General of Iran, paid a visit to the central secretariat of Minhaj-ul-Quran and called on Sheikh Zahid Fayyaz, acting Secretary General of MQI. GM Malik, principal secretary to Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, Raja Jamil Ajmal, Director of MQIs ...

LAHORE The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has ordered an inquiry against an official of the Pakistan High Commission in London who attested the affidavit of the main accused in the National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL) scam. The affidavit declared that Moonis Elahi, the son of former ...

WASHINGTON - Pakistan, citing the recent United Nations-sponsored independence referendum in Southern Sudan, has said that the oppressed people of Indian occupied Kashmir share the same aspirations for freedom. Today, the United Nations and the international community celebrate and rejoice at the ...

ISLAMABAD - Mystery still shrouds prolonged delay in the release of a key UN document that highlighted Pakistan's efforts towards nuclear non-proliferation. The top hierarchy of the international body has kept questionable mum over the issue. The United Nations Permanent Mission in Pakistan had ...

SINGAPORE (Agencies) - Singaporean diplomats think the leaders of some close Asian allies including neighbouring Malaysia are corrupt, incompetent or stupid, cables from WikiLeaks revealed Sunday. A top Singaporean diplomat described India as stupid, saying the country was half in, half out of the ...

RIYADH (AFP) - A senior Saudi diplomat said Sunday his handshake with Israels deputy foreign minister at a Munich security conference was no step towards recognition of the Jewish state. Prince Turki al-Faisal, the countrys former intelligence chief and ex-ambassador to the US, said his handshake ...

UNITED NATIONS - Libyas seasoned diplomat Ali Treky was elected on Wednesday as President of the 64th session of the UN General Assembly, the chief deliberative, policy-making and representative world bodys organ. Treky, who previously served as Libyas foreign minister and later as the countrys UN ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) - A former candidate for the post of UN Secretary General, diplomat and writer Shashi Tharoor, was on Saturday elected to Indias parliament as his ruling Congress Party swept the polls. Tharoor, a former UN undersecretary-general, won the seat in his southern home state of Kerala by ...

KARACHI - TDAP Chief Executive Mohibullah held here on Friday the first ever meeting with the diplomatic corps based in Karachi at the premises of the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP). The objective of the meeting was to brief Karachi based diplomats about the Trade policies of ...

NEW YORK (AFP) - The UN envoy, who helped set up Afghanistan's post-Taliban government, has warned the country is unravelling, saying an upcoming US-backed conference must undo years of neglect. Lakhdar Brahimi, a veteran UN diplomat from Algeria, chaired the 2001 Bonn conference that established ...

ISLAMABAD - Central Investigation Agency Islamabad on Sunday arrested three dacoits allegedly involved in different robberies including a robbery at the residence of an Indian diplomat. According to details, some persons broke into the house of Indian High Commissioner Second Secretary ...