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Thank you, Michael, and all our friends and colleagues here at the  Wilson Center, for inviting me to open today’s conference on the future of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship. I’m particularly delighted to join Ambassador Khan today to talk about a relationship that has meant so much to us both throughout

Ms. Elizabeth Horst, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Mr. Michael Kugleman, Mr. Gazanfar Hashmi, Distinguished participants. Good Morning! I thank the South Asia Institute of Wilson Center and the International Academy of Letters for hosting this event. I want to pay a special tribute to you, Ms. Horst, for

Ambassador Hasan Murat Mercan; Dr. Arshad Rehan, President APPNA; Dr. Rashid Hanif, Chair APPNA Social Welfare and Disaster Relief Committee; Dr. Aftab Khan. First of all I want to thank APPNA and its leadership for hosting this telethon for raising humanitarian assistance for earthquake response in Turkiye. The Association of

Mr. Gabriel Collins Mr. Dawood Ghazanavi Mr. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen Ms. Zahra Jamal I thank the Baker Institute for organizing this discussion on “Pakistan’s Energy and Water Security Landscape” and inviting me to speak. The landscape is complex. Let me start with water. Pakistan is a water-stressed country because of

Honorable Madeleine Lawson, Distinguished award recipients, Vice Chairs and Committee members, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Morning, I congratulate the Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural and Minority Medicine (IAMMM) for convening the 31st International Salute to the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I am grateful

Today, Kashmiris around the world are observing the 74th anniversary of the Resolution adopted by the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan (UNCIP), providing that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute would be decided through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite under the UN auspices. In essence,

The fifth of January is annually observed as the Right to Self-Determination Day for the people of Jammu and Kashmir. On this day in 1949, the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan (UNCIP) adopted a resolution that guarantees a free and fair plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir, to enable

On 5th of January every year, we renew our support for the right of self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. On this day in 1949, the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan (UNCIP) unanimously adopted a resolution espousing the right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people through

This year 27th October marks the completion of seventy-five years of illegal occupation of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK). We observe Kashmir Black Day to remember the sacrifices of our Kashmiri brothers and sisters in their just struggle for their right to self-determination by condemning the ongoing atrocities