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Pakistan and US need to work actively for regional peace: Asif - News International
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Thursday stressed that Pakistan and US must actively work towards peace in South Asia. He was speaking at United States Institute of Peace.
Boris Johnson’s Libya gaffe was dreadful, but the UK’s track record there is worse - The Conversation
Boris Johnson, the UK foreign secretary, has been spectacularly offensive lately, even by his usual standards. Fresh from reciting a colonialist poem that mocked Buddha during a visit to the most sacred temple in Myanmar, he did at least as much damage to British diplomacy during a discussion about Libya at a Conservative Party conference fringe event on Tuesday October 3.
After Kenya’s August 2017 elections: observing the observers - Pambazuka News
It might be shorter to list those who were not critical of international election observers in Kenya. Following the historic decision of Kenya’s Supreme Court to nullify the August 8 presidential elections, international election observation missions (EOMs) have been pummelled.
As Trump Tries to Kill the Iran Deal, a Former Israeli Spy Lobbies to Save It - The New Yorker
For a quarter century, Uzi Arad was one of Mossad’s top spies. He rose to become the director of its intelligence division. He later gained fame as a top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Likud Party leader who has campaigned longer and harder against the Iran nuclear deal than almost any other leader. Arad, who served as the national-security adviser from 2009 to 2011, broke with his former boss over the agreement. He travelled to Washington this week to lobby—primarily among Republicans in Congress—to save the controversial agreement at a pivotal juncture.
Don’t treat Pakistan as a whipping boy: Asif to U.S. - The Hindu
The new South Asia policy announced by U.S. President Donald Trump does not account for the multiple dimensions of the Afghanistan situation and by solely focussing on Pakistan’s alleged support to the Taliban, the U.S. is setting itself up for defeat, Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Thursday. He was speaking at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Pakistan, US need to actively work to achieve common objective of durable peace in region: foreign minister - Radio Pakistan
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif says Pakistan and United States need to actively work to achieve common objective of durable peace in the region. He stated this while addressing at the US Institute of Peace in Washington Thursday.
Trust deficit exists in Pak-US relations, says Khawaja Asif - GEO TV
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Thursday that Pakistan feels there is trust deficit in its relations with the United States. "Yes, there is a trust deficit," he said while speaking at the United States Institute of Peace during his three-day tour of US.
Trust deficit exists in Pak-US relations, says Khawaja Asif -GEO TV
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Thursday that Pakistan feels there is trust deficit in its relations with the United States. "Yes, there is a trust deficit," he said while speaking at the United States Institute of Peace during his three-day tour of US.
US, Pakistan have much to gain by working together, stresses Asif - Dawn
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Thursday stressed that the "strategic logic" behind working with the US against terrorism remains intact. Speaking at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, the foreign minister said that US and Pakistan had remained "long-standing friends". He added that both countries have much to gain by working together.
US, Pakistan have much to gain by cooperating with each other: Foreign Minister - Associated Press of Pakistan
Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Thursday said Pakistan and the United States together had degraded al-Qaeda in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and need to continue work together and cooperate in defeating the newer and more toxic form of terrorism.