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U.S. official to visit India, Pak to discuss America-South Asia ties
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): United States (U.S.) Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells will travel to India and Pakistan later this month to meet with government officials and business executives for discussing U.S. relations with the South
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China concerned about Pakistan's corruption affecting CPEC
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 15 (ANI): China is concerned about the impact of Pakistan's rampant corruption on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), according to a leading European expert on South Asian affairs.
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Pak-China friendship burdened by debt, internal security concerns: Expert
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], July 5 (ANI): Pakistan and China often speak of their "all-weather friendship," but according to an expert on South Asian affairs, the truth is that the relationship has always been one of cynicism.
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PM Modi in U.S.: Former Obama advisor says H1B Visa issue won't be so
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 25 (ANI): The H1B Visa issue will most likely not be sorted out in the upcoming meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Donald Trump, Joshua White, who served the Obama White House as senior advisor and director for South Asian
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Under President Trump, U.S. must be willing to declare Pakistan state spon
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec.9 (ANI): Under the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, the United States must be willing to declare Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism, and in doing so, should also consider imposing sweeping and devastating sanctions against Pakis
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Pakistan sees terror groups as prized instruments for launching 'irre
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Oct.15 (ANI): The "deep state" of Pakistan sees various terrorist groups and their insurgent affiliates, such as the Afghan Taliban, as prized instruments to be used in its irregular wars with its neighbours, and giving them protection as a matter of sta
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US agrees to be partner country for Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Sept. 17 (ANI): Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal has announced that United States has agreed to be a partner country for the 2017 Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, the Gujarat Government's biennial investors' summit th
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US official Nisha Desai meets PM Hasina, three envoys
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka, July 11 (ANI): Visiting U.S . Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal today held discussions with the envoys of Canada, UK and Australia on the present security situation in Bangladesh following the Dhaka cafe terror attack.
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US envoy Nisha Biswal to arrive Dhaka tomorrow
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka, July 9 (ANI): In the wake of the terrorist attack at a Gulshan cafe in Dhaka on July 1 that left 22 people dead, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal will arrive on a two-day official visit to Bangladesh tomorrow.
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