Tag: Washington
Saudi crown prince to visit Washington on March 19
RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is scheduled to visit the United States (US) from March 19-22, for the first time as heir...
US Senate rejects DACA, border security deal; puts immigration bill’s future...
WASHINGTON: The Senate has left hundreds of thousands of “Dreamer” immigrants in limbo, rejecting rival plans that would have spared them from deportation and...
Washington’s reverse on nuclear strategy harms security interests of all
In the recently published 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), the United States lays bare its intention to further enhance what is already the world's...
Pakistan-US still intertwined despite Trump’s drastic military aid cut
After President Trump bluntly accused Pakistan of “lies and deceit” on New Year’s Day, then suspended all security aid to the longtime United States...
Washington to loosen nuclear weapons constraints and develop more ‘usable’ warheads
New proposal is significantly more hawkish than Obama-era policy
Critics call development of new weapons ‘dangerous, Cold War thinking’
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration plans...
Washington denies freezing funds for Palestinian refugees
WASHINGTON: The United States has frozen $125 million in funding for a UN agency that provides aid to Palestinian refugees, Axios news site reported...
Pakistan embassy in Washington holds Christmas celebrations
ISLAMABAD: ‘All Neighbours’, a community organisation comprising mostly of Pakistani origin Christians celebrated Christmas at the Embassy of Pakistan, Washington DC, says a press release...
Islamabad refused to give access to foreign couple’s abductor: US media
ISLAMABAD: Detailing one of the causes of the ‘rift’ between Pakistan and US, a report in the New York Times claims that relations between...
Pakistan might lose $255 million to US military aid cuts
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration on Friday announced the United States will deny Pakistan military aid amounting to $255 million as it expects Islamabad to...
Pakistan embassy launches CT factsheet in commemoration of APS incident
WASHINGTON: The Embassy of Pakistan, Washington DC held a commemorative event paying tribute to 122 children who were martyred by the terrorists in Army Public School (APS) Peshawar...
Pence delays Mideast visit amid anger over Jerusalem shift
WASHINGTON: US Vice President Mike Pence has delayed a visit to the Middle East, the White House said on Monday, as a crunch tax...
Pakistan welcomes Washington offer to prevent militant raids from Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is welcoming a US military offer to take action against militants involved in cross-border raids against Pakistan from Afghan soil. Pakistani officials...
Pakistan still needs Washington’s assistance: former US diplomat
NEW YORK: Former US assistant secretary of state Robin Raphel has said that despite ups and downs in their relationship, the United States, as...
Pak-US bilateral ties to be strengthened by trade delegations: Sindh governor
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States (US) Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry emphasised the significance of frequent exchange of business and trade delegations towards strengthening Pak-US...
Washington drawing up fresh plans to bolster US nuclear arsenal
The Trump administration is working on a nuclear weapons policy that is intended to mark a decisive end to the era of post-cold war...
US rejects suggestions of slapping sanctions on Pakistan
WASHINGTON: The US State Department has said that Pakistan’s denying that there are terrorist safe havens on its soil would not automatically lead to...
Vacant Pakistani consulate building in Washington under $70,000 tax debt
WASHINGTON: The large building at the corner of 22nd and R street in downtown Washington, DC, sticks out like a wart in the otherwise...
