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44 US Congressmen urge Trump administration to reinstate GSP for India
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Sept 18 (ANI): A bipartisan group of 44 US lawmakers have urged the Trump administration to reinstate the preferential trade treatment under Generalised System of Preference (GSP) program to India as a part of a trade deal between the two nations.
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Israel is implementing Trump's Muslim ban by denying entry: US lawmaker
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 16 (ANI): US lawmaker Ilhan Omar on Thursday slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said Tel Aviv is implementing US President Donald Trump's Muslim ban by denying entry to her and Representative Rashida Tlaib into the country.
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There were 40 militant groups operating within Pak, says Imran Khan
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 24 (ANI) : Addressing US lawmakers here on Tuesday, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed that his country had 40 different militant groups operating within its borders.
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US lawmaker tells Pak to dismantle terror infrastructure for 'meaningful'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], July 23 (ANI): US Representative and Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Eliot L. Engel, on Monday told Pakistan to first take "concrete and irreversible steps to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure" on its soil to hold "meaningful" dialogue with India.
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US lawmakers urge Trump to raise Pak's human rights abuse issue during mee
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 20 (ANI): Ten US lawmakers have written to US President Donald Trump, urging him to raise the issue of human rights abuses in Pakistan's Sindh -- including enforced disappearances -- during his upcoming meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan here.
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US should continue putting pressure on countries violating human rights: U
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 18 (ANI): In a reference to Pakistan, a US lawmaker has said that the United States should continue applying more pressure on countries who deny basic human rights to their people.
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Hasina slams US lawmaker's proposal to integrate Rakhine with B'desh
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jul 9 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday criticised a top US lawmaker's proposal to merge Myanmar's restive Rakhine state into her country, saying it was an attempt to "start a fire in the region" and the move was "not acceptable".
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No meaningful action by Trump administration over China's treatment of Mus
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Mar 5 (ANI): A bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Monday (local time) complained that the Trump administration 'has taken no meaningful action' on China's alleged abuse of the largest Muslim Uyghur ethnic minority in Xinjiang.
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US lawmaker Ilhan Omar grills Trump’s envoy, asks would he engage in genoc
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 14, (ANI): Ilhan Abdullahi Omar, one of the first two Muslim women in the US Congress, representing Minnesota, sparked controversy for grilling US President Donald Trump's newly appointed special envoy to Venezuela, Elliot Abrams on Wednesday.
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Ex-US lawmaker shielded Pakistani aide from hacking probe
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], June 6 (ANI): A U.S. lawmaker has been accused of exerting all her influence in trying to kill a Congress-led investigation into a hacking incident involving her one time Pakistani IT aide.
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Pakistan denies minorities their individual rights: US Lawmaker
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], May 24 (ANI): A United States-based advocacy group representing various ethnic minorities of Pakistan has formed a joint platform 'South Asian Minorities Alliance Foundation' against what they alleged as the massive human rights violation by security forces
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Mohajir activists apprise US lawmakers of human rights violations in Pak
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 15 (ANI): A United States-based advocacy group, Voice of Karachi, has held important meetings in Washington D.C. with the Congressmen and members of powerful House committees over the latest situation in Pakistan and South Asia region.
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