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The United States has announced the launch of the Pakistan Reading Project to boost the reading skills of 3.2 million Pakistani children, the U.S. embassy said Friday. This project will fund improvements in reading instruction and reading assessment in grades one through five throughout the Pakistani public school system. The International Rescue Committee […]
Contrary to recent media reports, 19,000 United States/ International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) containers have not been stolen from Karachi ports. Media suggestions that 19,000 United States/ ISAF containers were stolen, including containers that contain weapons and ammunition, are false, the US embassy said Thursday While the United States routinely uses Karachi ports for […]
The United States has welcomed Pakistan’s reiteration of its commitment to objectives of disarmament and non- proliferation. State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki in a statement in Washington reaffirmed confidence in Pakistan’s nuclear weapons security. The spokesperson noted that Pakistan has a professional and dedicated security force that fully understands the importance of nuclear security. She […]
U.S. President Barack Obama’s push for strikes against Syria has passed its first congressional hurdle amid frantic search for international support of the military action to punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s alleged use of chemical weapons. The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday passed a resolution to authorize a military strike against Syria, advancing […]
The turmoil that was generated between Russia and the United States after President Vladimir Putin granted asylum to Edward Snowden, an American computer specialist who said he worked for the CIA and leaked details of several top-secret United States and British government mass surveillance programs to the press, last month escalated even further when President […]
The United States has released a detailed, unclassified version of the U.S. intelligence community’s assessment of the use of chemical weapons in the suburbs of Damascus, Syria on August 21. This assessment provides clear and compelling evidence of the Syrian government’s responsibility for these horrific actions. “We provide a link to the complete text of […]
The United States has voiced concern over violence along the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir region, after Pakistan said that unprovoked Indian shelling killed an army officer and two of its soldiers in different sectors. “We are certainly aware of these reports. We remain concerned about violence along the line of control,” State Department […]
President Obama says the United States is cancelling its biennial joint military exercise with Egypt, scheduled for September, in response to violence in the country between Egyptian security forces and the Muslim Brotherhood. “While we want to sustain our relationship with Egypt, our traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in […]
Richard Albright, Coordinator for Economic and Development Assistance at the U.S. Embassy Islamabad, inaugurated “Shop for Cause” at Malikabad Plaza, Rawalpindi. This exclusive outlet for the hand-embroidered fashions and handicrafts of Afghan women refugees is a direct result of collaboration between the U.S. government and the Hashoo Foundation. The artisans studied tailoring and marketing with […]
The Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar while talking to US Ambassador Richard G. Olson who called on him at his office Wednesday, has said that Pakistan welcomes the interest shown by the United States Congress for its support in carrying out feasibility studies for Pakistan’s flagship storage project Diamer Bhasha Dam. Ambassador Olson informed the […]
U.S. officials have stressed that the CIA is expected to maintain a significant footprint even after the pullback from Afghanistan, with a station in Kabul that will remain among the agency’s largest in the world, as well as a fleet of armed drones that will continue to patrol Pakistan’s tribal belt, The Washington Post reported […]
A fresh survey in the United States reveals the Obama administration’s use of drone strikes faces broad opposition around the world. The survey conducted by the Pew Research Centre‚ Washington in thirty nine countries‚ says that half or more people in thirty one countries have disapproved the US drone attacks against extremist groups. The survey […]
