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Kevin Karp, commentator, screenwriter, and former political adviser in the House of Commons and the European Parliament. As an EU adviser based in Brussels and Strasbourg, he specialized in international trade, European populism, and Brexit. Find his website at moon-vine-media.com. Brussels’ threat to suspend trade privileges for Pakistan as the row over satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed worsens may serve only to inflame tensions and damage the EU’s moral standing.
Meeting in a plenary session in Brussels, the European Parliament late last month adopted a resolution to consider revoking Pakistan’s trade privileges under the EU’s Generalized Scheme of Preferences+ (GSP+) due to its blasphemy laws.
Other democracies need to take a cue from the UK’s decision to place Pakistan on its Terror Financing list
Other democracies need to take a cue from the UK’s decision to place Pakistan on its Terror Financing list
Sun Online Desk
17th April, 2021 07:10:49
Last Sunday’s decision of the government of the United Kingdom (UK) to place Pakistan on its newly drawn-up list of high-risk countries for terror financing and money laundering ought to trigger a long overdue awakening in other like-minded democracies to the need to completely neutralize the threats posed by the terrorists nurseries that Pakistan has nurtured quite liberally for decades, and which it continues to bankroll. If any further encouragement should be required to nudge fence-sitting nations into following a route similar to that taken by the UK, a brief consultation with the French government could, at least in the immediate term, provide the tipping point.
Pakistan denies backchannel talks with India, says need for enabling meaningful dialogue
Pakistan denies backchannel talks with India, says need for enabling meaningful dialogue
Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry said states have their ways and means to communicate, which remain available even during wars.
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Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday stopped short of categorically denying its involvement in some kind of backchannel talks with India though Islamabad has been insisting publicly that New Delhi should create an “enabling environment” for “meaningful dialogue”.
Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry at the weekly press briefing was asked by several journalists about reported backchannel talks with India.
Russian foreign minister arrives in Pakistan on a two-day visit
He will meet FM Qureshi, PM Khan during his visit SAMAA | Web desk - Posted: Apr 6, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 hours ago SAMAA | Web desk Posted: Apr 6, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
Russian FM Lavrov was received at the airport by FM Qureshi at the airport on April 6, 2021. Photo credit: Foreign Office
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Islamabad on a two-day visit, the Pakistani Foreign Office said Tuesday.
According to the FO, the Russian foreign minister will hold delegation-level talks with Pakistanâs Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.