Tag: Hina Rabbani Khar
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Which women are on the priority list of political parties?
Political parties have submitted their priority list to the Election Commission of Pakistan for reserved seats for women. According to details, major political parties Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP), Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PML-Q) and others issued the priority list of the women candidates.…
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Washington doc leak says Pakistan doesn’t want to appease West anymore
Several documents regarding the declining support of key allied countries to the United States (US) have been leaked, a report published by Washington Post has stated. According to one of the leaked documents, Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, argued in March that her country can “no longer try to maintain…
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India invites Pakistani FM Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to SCO
In a surprise move, India has invited Pakistan’s Foreign Minister (FM) Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to attend an upcoming meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) scheduled to be held in Goa in May, The Indian Express has reported. The invitation to the meeting of SCO ministers has been sent by the office of S Jaishankar, the…
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Don’t tell our women what needs to be done
Women political participation is a fundamental prerequisite for gender equality and genuine democracy. It facilitates women’s direct engagement in public decision-making and is a means of ensuring better accountability to women. But here in Pakistan, women in politics are seen as a threat to the fragile egos of some male politicians. When we talk about…
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‘Osama bin Laden is dead, but the butcher of Gujarat lives, and he is the PM of India’: Bilawal Bhutto tells Indian Minister
Foreign Minister (FM) Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari slammed Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi in response to his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s accusations about Pakistan perpetuating terrorism and sheltering Osama bin Laden. “I would like to remind Mr Jaishankar that Osama bin Laden is dead, but the butcher of Gujarat lives, and he is the prime minister…
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‘No country has used terrorism better’; Hina Rabbani Khar slams India as ‘rogue state’
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar, has said that India is a “rogue state” that projects itself as greatest victim of terrorism but is the perpetrator of it. During a press conference in Islamabad, Khar said that India’s objective was to undermine Pakistan’s peace and security through terrorism, saying, “No country had…
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‘Apni hadd mein raho’: Male MNA reacts after female ministers unite to slam his remarks against Hina Rabbani
Women Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) from treasury benches extended their support for State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar, after Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) MNA Abdul Akbar Chitrali criticised her on the recent visit to Afghanistan. MNA Chitrali said that he was not against any female minister, but he believed that the government should…
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Hina Rabbani meets Deputy PM of Interim Afghan Govt
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar, held a meeting with Deputy PM of Interim Afghan Govt. Abdul Salam Hanafi. Bilateral trade, connectivity & people-to-people contacts were discussed during the meeting. In the meeting matters of bilateral importance focused on political consultations between the two governments. She also held a meeting with Women…
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Who is responsible for getting Pakistan off the ‘terror watch list’?
After years of relentless hard work, Pakistan finally received a positive response from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The country is finally close to its removal from the global money-laundering and terrorist financing watchdog’s ‘grey list’. This for sure is a huge win for the country. This was made possible after countless days and…
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Pakistan likely to be removed from FATF grey list today
Pakistan is hopeful of getting off the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. The Pakistani delegation attending the conference in Berlin is headed by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar, who is also the chair of the National FATF Coordination Committee. Pakistan was added to the list in 2018 and was…