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Islamabad: United States-sponsored training for 60 new agriculture export certification experts ended yesterday in Islamabad. Certification that agricultural products meet international standards (including environmental impact, use of chemicals, and worker safety) is a critical step in exporting products to international markets. These newly trained certification experts will help standardize the …

Islamabad: “A rights-based development strategy is about placing people at the centre of our development cooperation. Not as passive recipients, but as central actors in charge of their own destiny” says The Danish Minister for Development Cooperation, Mr. Christian Friis Bach Copenhagen – With the recent change of a new …

Islamabad: In today’s edition of Urdu-language newspaper Khabrain, a report appeared alleging U.S. Government involvement with the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA). We categorically deny this claim as utterly false and lacking any basis in fact. The United States has no intention of interfering with internal matters of Pakistani politics or …

Islamabad: Pakistani women police officers joined the U.S. Embassy Islamabad for a roundtable discussion on women in law enforcement agencies today in honour of International Women’s Day. The Narcotics Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy organized the event as part of its Women’s Police Program. “As Quaid-e-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah …

Islamabad: US Ambassador Cameron Munter paid a courtesy call on Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani, today. The two discussed a wide range of bilateral issues including re-engagement with US after a joint session of the Parliament considers the Parliamentary Committee on National Security’s recommendations on the future course for Pakistan-US …

Islamabad: The fourth class of levies from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) graduated today from a U.S. government-sponsored training program, the Levy Basic Recruit Course, at the Police Headquarters in Islamabad. With the graduation of this 37-member class, a total of 224 FATA levies have received basic training since …

Islamabad: The United States offers sincere condolences to the people and Government of Pakistan, and especially to the Pakistani military, for the soldiers killed and wounded in the fight against militants in Khyber Agency yesterday. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those who fell. The people …