Tag: Consulate

Saudis open consulate in Iraq in sign of warmer ties

Iraq says Saudi Arabia has opened a consulate in Baghdad for the first time in nearly 30 years in a sign of improving ties. The...

Saudi-Turkish team inspects consulate where writer vanished

ISTANBUL: Turkish and Saudi investigators on Monday began conducting what Turkish officials have said is a joint "inspection" of the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul,...

Turkey urges Saudis to allow search of consulate

  ISTANBUL: Turkey's top diplomat has reiterated a call to Saudi Arabia to allow Turkish authorities to enter the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul for an...

FM Qureshi, Afghan counterpart pledge to continue peace cooperation

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani on Monday agreed to enhance cooperation between the two countries to promote peace...

US embassy in Jerusalem: IJT protests outside US consulate

LAHORE: Members of the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT), student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami, held a protest on Tuesday outside the American consulate against the recent...

US says actions with regard to Russia’s consulate are ‘perfectly legal’: TASS

WASHINGTON: The actions of the United States with regard to Russian diplomatic property on the US territory are "perfectly legal," an official with the...

White powder found at US consulate in Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Police in hazmat suits entered the US Consulate General in Hong Kong Monday after an envelope containing white powder sparked a security...

Tributes paid to Edhi at a Pakistani consulates’ event in Chicago

High tributes were paid to Abdul Sattar Edhi’s life and mission in the service of humanity at an event organised by the Pakistan Consulate...

Blast near Pakistan consulate building in Jalalabad

An explosion was reported on Tuesday in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad close to foreign consulate buildings including those of Pakistan, India and...

LeT denies it attacked Indian consulate in Afghanistan

Banned outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) denied Monday that it was behind an attack last week on an Indian diplomatic mission in Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai...

US Consulate to reopen next month

With renewed security measures, authorities are all set to reopen US consulate in Lahore, eight months after its closure over ‘security threats’ on Tuesday. The...

Afghan consulate official goes missing in Quetta

    An official of the consulate of Afghanistan in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province has gone missing last week, police said on Monday. According to media reports,...

Japanese consulate celebrates sovereign’s birthday

Consulate of Japan in Karachi hosted a grand reception at a local hotel to celebrate the 79th birthday of Japanese Emperor Akihito. Sindh...

Boundary wall of US consulate demolished

US Consulate has contacted federal government on demolishing the bomb proof boundary wall around it by Peshawar Cantonment Board. US Consulate had constructed the bomb...

FBI probing Peshawar suicide attack: Ventrell

United States has said that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is leading the probe of the suicide blast in Peshawar. During a daily press briefing...

Blast outside Chinese Consulate hurts two in Karachi

Two persons were wounded in an intense blast outside the Chinese Consulate in Clifton, Karachi on Monday, according to officials. Police said a bomb, planted...

‘Pakistani students have what it takes’

Pakistani Students are very talented and their artistic work can be compared with any developed society. This was stated by US Consulate General Public...