Tag: Diplomat
Trump to appoint former Air Force veteran as top Asia diplomat
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump plans to nominate former Air Force General David Stilwell to be the State Department’s top diplomat for East Asia,...
Iran diplomat among four arrested over suspected plot against Iranian opposition...
BRUSSELS: An Iranian diplomat has been arrested along with two people suspected of plotting a bomb attack on a meeting of an exiled Iranian...
‘Longest-serving’ ambassador Jamsheed Marker passes away
KARACHI: Veteran Pakistani diplomat and "the world’s longest-serving ambassador" Jamsheed Marker passed away on Thursday in Karachi.
Marker served as Pakistan's top envoy to the United States and more than a...
India jails diplomat for spying for Pakistan
NEW DELHI: An Indian diplomat was sentenced on Sunday to three years in jail on charges of spying for Pakistan’s intelligence services.
Madhuri Gupta was...
US diplomat doesn’t have ‘absolute immunity’, says IHC in hit-and-run case
--Victim family's lawyer says 'absolute immunity of diplomats may defeat citizens’ trust in the justice system'
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) ruled on Friday...
Motorcyclist hit by US embassy vehicle booked for negligent driving
ISLAMABAD: Police on Monday booked the motorcyclist, who was hit by a vehicle driven by an American diplomat on Sunday night, for negligent driving.
The federal...
Hit and run: Govt decides against putting US diplomat’s name on...
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mofa) on Thursday, after a meeting following the hit and run case, decided against putting the United States...
Charges against US diplomat submitted in lower court: report
ISLAMABAD: Charges against the US diplomat who killed a youth in Islamabad last week has been submitted to a lower court for trial, as reported...
IHC reserves decision in plea seeking US diplomat’s name on ECL
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday reserved its verdict on the maintainability of a petition requesting US diplomat Colonel Joseph Emanuel Hall’s...
India puts Pakistani diplomat on wanted list
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India has added a Pakistani diplomat to its growing list...
Pakistan has turned corner in fight against terrorism, says diplomat
ABU DHABI: Overseas Pakistanis are an important element of power and they are foremost among the authors scripting the success story of their country...
FO summons Indian diplomat again to protest ceasefire violations
ISLAMABAD: Indian Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh was summoned yet again by Pakistan’s Foreign Office Thursday to protest the continued Indian firing on the...
Top US diplomat for refugees to quit post within days
WASHINGTON: The US diplomat in charge of refugee issues plans to leave his post within days, becoming the third senior US official to depart...
Indian diplomat who called Pakistan ‘Terroristan’, robbed of phone in Delhi
NEW DELHI: Bike-borne men snatched the mobile of Eenam Gambhir, the first Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, reports NDTV.
The...
Man arrested over murder of British embassy worker Rebecca Dykes
LONDON: A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a British embassy worker in Lebanon, whose body was found strangled and...
Senior diplomat, veteran politician Akram Zaki dies at age of 87
ISLAMABAD: Senior diplomat and politician Muhammd Akram Zaki passed away in Islamabad at the age of 87 on Thursday.
He was admitted to Pakistan Institute of...
North Korean diplomat in Pakistan either drinks like a fish or...
Police sources say First Secretary Hyon Ki Yong stored imported liquor beyond prescribed limit at private residence
Hyon retracts complaint against police officials...
