WASHINGTON - Pakistan took a ‘quantum leap’ into the league of established democracies at the back of last week's historic elections, the outgoing Pakistani ambassador to the US, Sherry Rehman, said at a farewell reception Friday night, while expressing satisfaction over the improved ...

WASHINGTON - Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman has resigned from her post following the defeat of Pakistan People’s Party in general elections, an embassy spokesman said Monday night. Ms Rehman, a former journalist and parliamentarian, was appointed as ambassador ...

Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Sherry Rehman, has tendered resignation from his office.She had replaced Hussain Haqqani in November 2011 after he resigned from the post over the secret memo scandal.Sherry Rehman sent her resignation to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mir Hazar ...

WASHINGTON - Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman discussed Pakistan-US relations with Democratic Senator Robert Menendez, the new head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.Senator Menendez has replaced former senator John Kerry after his appointment as the US ...

Pakistan's Ambassador to Washington Sherry Rehman congratulating Senator John Kerry on his confirmation as the US secretary of state said her country looks forward to working with him.In a statement she said Pakistan looks forward to working with Senator Kerry and his team at a time of challenging ...

WASHINGTON –Pakistan’s Ambassador to Washington Sherry Rehman has urged the United States Congress on helping realise greater market access for Pakistani products to the American market, emphasising that the long-sought step would contribute vitally to forging enduring bilateral ...

karachi - The Pakistan Ambassador at the United States, Sherry Rehman, called on Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, at the Governor House here on Saturday. During the meeting, the Pak-US relations came up under discussion. Chairman Board of investment Saleem Mandviwala also called on the Prime ...

WASHINGTON - Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman, a Smith College alumna, has been selected to receive a coveted medal from her respected alma mater for her ‘extraordinary achievements and outstanding service’. The college, located in Northampton, ...

WASHINGTON - Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman Monday urged Washington to ‘stay away from coercive diplomacy through the media’, as she reiterated Islamabad’s demand for an apology over the Salala attack and an end to drone attacks to move the ...

Ambassador Sherry Rehman,  a longtime ally of late Prime Minister Shaheed Benazir Bhutto has been duly rewarded with the status of Federal Minister in recognition of her contributions projecting Pakistan’s viewpoint in Washington at a difficult and challenging time during the past two ...

WASHINGTON  - Pakistan Ambassador to the US Sherry Rehman held a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides and convoyed Islamabad’s reservations on the Balochistan resolution.She said Pakistan wanted relations with the US on equal level. Thomas Nides said the US wanted ...

NEW YORK - Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, and Shehrbano Taseer, daughter of slain Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, have been named in a global list of 150 fearless women drawn up by Newsweek, the mass-circulation US magazine.The list, featuring distinguished women ...

WASHINGTON  - Taking strong exception to a controversial Congressional hearing on Balochistan this week, Pakistan has termed it an ill-advised move that would be detrimental to building trust between Pakistan and the United States.A Pakistani embassy spokesman in Washington said ...

WASHINGTON -  Pakistani Ambassador to the US Sherry Rehman laid stress on reinventing Pakistan-US engagement on the basis of parliamentary review regarding the current status of relationship between the two countries.  She was referring to the Parliament’s strategic review of ...

LAHORE - Despite harsh and anti-Pakistan remarks by US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta, the Foreign Office, while keeping mum over the situation, is hesitant to express reservations on the imprudent statement.A top diplomatic source disclosed to The Nation on Thursday that the Pentagon expressed ...

WASHINGTON - In her first public engagement since assuming office two weeks ago, Pakistani Ambassador to the US Sherry Rehman reached out to the Pakistani American community and sought their support to bring Pakistan and United States closer together.“This Embassy is not going to work alone ...

WASHINGTON - Pakistan`s new ambassador Sherry Rehman presented her credentials to President Barack Obama at the White House Wednesday afternoon amid continuing tensions in relations between the two countries.Ms Rehman replaces Husain Haqqani, who was asked to resign as ambassador to the US for his ...

LAHORE - American Business Forum (ABF) President Salim Ghauri has felicitated Sherry Rehman, a human rights campaigner and former journalist, for her appointment as new ambassador to the United States, says a Press release. He said Ms Rehman carries proven credentials as a social progressive, ...

ISLAMABAD - Shazia Marri would be the senior-most candidate for National Assembly membership on the reserved women seat to be vacated following the resignation of Sherry Rehman, who has been made Ambassador to US, it is learnt. However, Mari is unlikely to accept the NA slot. The seniority list of ...

ISLAMABAD (INP) - Ambassador-designate to the US, Ms Sherry Rehman called on President Asif Ali Zardari at the Presidency here on Thursday. Matters pertaining to her new assignment were discussed during the meeting. The President congratulated Sherry Rehman for her new assignment and urged her to ...

LAHORE - About 300 people protested outside former information minister Sherry Rehmans house in Karachi. According to reports received here, the protesters, who came in vans, were carrying banners inscribed with slogans against Sherry Rehman. They demanded strict action against her, calling her a ...

ISLAMABAD - Voicing her objections to Rs82 million given to Jamaat-ud-Dawa after it was banned as part of a terrorist purge, former information minister and PPP MNA, Sherry Rehman wondered why no one had questioned the grant made by the Punjab Government when all the political forces in the country ...

ISLAMABAD In a response to the ban imposed on a large number of websites by the Pakistani authorities, Sherry Rehman, MNA, said that while the Facebook ban was related to the blasphemous cartoons, why other websites were being indiscriminately blocked? Ms Rehman said that given the deeply ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman said Friday that confrontation should be avoided in the interest of the country and called for pursuing politics of strengthening institutions. Speaking to a private TV channel, she said the PPP government firmly ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman Wednesday said the government was committed to improving the lot of women as their empowerment has always been the prime objective of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). "Our government would introduce policies to empower the ...

FEDERAL Information Sherry Rehman has said that Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has met Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif asking the Punjab govt to put restrictions over Jamaatud Daawa, adding that Shahbaz Sharif has assured to take appropriate steps. She was talking to a private TV channel on ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman here on Saturday said that the coalition of PPP and PML-N was still intact in the provinces as well as at the centre.    Brushing aside the reports of withdrawal of PPP ministers from the Punjab government, the minister said that ...

ISLAMABAD -Executive District Officers (Health) are responsible for complete failure of polio campaign at grass root level and they must be hold accountable, Health Minster Sherry Rehman told the Senate on Friday. "New threats of polio virus are coming from Tribal Areas, Afghanistan's border, ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman on Friday said that in past it was only PPP that remained committed to the cause of democracy and it is a good omen that now other political parties have also stepped in the field. Talking to a private TV channel, she ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman Thursday asked electronic media to adopt more responsible approach in reporting events and avoid unnecessary focus on political news as it had buried other real issues of human interest. Speaking at the Rozan's Munsalik Media Project, she ...