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U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) President and CEO Elizabeth L. Littlefield is visiting Pakistan this week to meet with business leaders and government officials, and with U.S. companies investing in Pakistan. The OPIC delegation will also tour one of its investment projects, the Aga Khan Hospital and Medical Foundation in Karachi, which is known […]
Dilawar Syed, the prominent CEO of the American social media company Yonja Media Group, coached aspiring young Pakistani entrepreneurs today at a workshop sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad. The workshop, held at the COMSATS Technology Incubation Center, taught Pakistan’s young entrepreneurs the skills they need to start a successful business, including how […]
Increasingly frustrated by his dealings with President Hamid Karzai, President Obama is giving serious consideration to speeding up the withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan and to a “zero option” that would leave no American troops there after next year, according to American and European officials, US media has reported. Mr. Obama is […]
U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson and Commerce Secretary Qasim Niaz Monday joined business owners and stakeholders to celebrate the unprecedented success of Pakistan’s mango sector. The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has helped boost mango production and exports to international markets, leading to a 75 percent increase in farm […]
U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Ambassador Richard Hoagland congratulated 95 Pakistani students traveling to the United States for undergraduate study as part of the U.S. government-funded Global Undergraduate (Global UGRAD) Program. “The United States has a long tradition of embracing international students and celebrating the diversity that they bring to our campuses and country, […]
U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Ambassador Richard Hoagland congratulated 180 Pakistani graduate students who will soon depart for master’s or doctoral studies at American universities on U.S.-funded Fulbright scholarships. The Fulbright Program is the flagship academic exchange program of the U.S. government. Funded by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for […]
U.S. Ambassador Richard G. Olson joined Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, Executive Director of Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission, and vice chancellors from all over Pakistan Monday to celebrate the completion of a U.S.-funded program linking top Pakistani universities with top U.S. universities to strengthen civic engagement in higher education curricula throughout Pakistan. The occasion also marked the […]
U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson launched the $387 million Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Program on Friday. The Ambassador and the Sindh Secretary of Health, Mr. Inamullah Khan Dharejo, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for this five-year project at an event in Karachi. Under this initiative, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will support Pakistan’s […]
Seventeen young photographers from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) displayed their work at the National Art Gallery in Islamabad and discussed the unique perspectives and insights they learned in a special training program led by photographers from the prestigious National Geographic magazine. The program was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development […]
A group of ten female Pakistani hockey players and two female coaches will leave for Washington this weekend to participate in the U.S. State Department’s Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative program from June 17-27 which aims to increase the number of women and girls involved in sports. “These high school athletes […]
Pakistani exporters have learnt about opportunities to sell over 3,500 products duty-free in the United States at a seminar jointly sponsored by the U.S. and Pakistani governments, the US embassy said Thursday. Exporters from Peshawar, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) participated in a video seminar that detailed the advantages […]
Pakistan on Tuesday expressed sense of shock the loss of life and property caused by tornado in the United States and sent condolences to the families. The tornado in the US state of Oklahoma killed at least 91 people, with at least 145 people injured including 70 children. “The Government and people of […]
