London, July 20 (IANS) Political parties in the United Kingdom (UK) are urging the Labour Party to stop all foreign aid to Pakistan and impose visa sanctions until Islamabad takes back the child rapist and ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang.The UK government is trying to deport Shabir Ahmed to Pakistan, his country of birth, as he was released from prison recently after serving 14 years of his 22-year sentence for 30 child rape offences, leading British daily ‘The Telegraph’ reported. Howe…
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Islamabad, July 17 (IANS) Islamabad is refusing to take back Pakistan-born Shabir Ahmed, the ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for 30 child rape offences.Earlier this week, Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the UK, signalled that the government is prepared to sanction Pakistan if it refuses to take back the sexual offender. Secretary Cooper said that the UK government would consider using “all possible levers”….
London, June 19 (IANS) India and UK discussed advancing collaboration in Artificial Intelligence (AI), emerging technologies, research and innovation and leveraging the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement to have new opportunities, foster innovation, and drive shared economic growth. The discussions were held during a meeting between India’s High Commissioner to the UK, P Kumaran, and Permanent Secretary, UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Emran Mian, the High Commiss…
London, June 11 (IANS) Several British parliamentarians have strongly condemned the “excessive or unlawful” use of force against “peaceful protesters and civil society representatives” in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK).In a motion presented in the UK Parliament, the lawmakers expressed grave concern over reports of communications blackouts, lockdown measures, mass arrests, and raids in PoK.They also raised alarm over the “distress caused to British Kashmiris and others in the UK who have been u…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the partnership between India and the United Kingdom has unlocked “unprecedented” growth opportunities for both countries.”Pleased to meet UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper. Appreciated the deepening of the India-UK partnership in recent times that has unlocked unprecedented growth opportunities for both our countries,” PM Modi wrote on X after meeting the visiting UK minister.”India-UK Vision 2035 will continue to guid…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Hailing ties between India and the UK, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar said on Thursday that the two nations are well positioned to build a new “future-oriented and mutually beneficial partnership.” In his opening remarks ahead of his meeting with visiting UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper in New Delhi on Thursday, EAM Jaishankar highlighted the remarkable developments between India-UK ties, which included UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to India in …
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The India–UK Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory (GSCO) was formally launched here on Thursday, said G. Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Coal and Mines, and Yvette Cooper, the UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs. The launch marks a significant milestone in the growing India–UK partnership on critical minerals and supply chain resilience, reinforcing cooperation in securing the resources essential for clean energy trans…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) UK’s Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Yvette Cooper, will arrive in New Delhi on Wednesday on a two-day visit to India. She will hold a meeting with the External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and also call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.On Tuesday, while addressing a regular media briefing in New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that India and UK will discuss several area…
London, May 26 (IANS) The Russian Embassy in London on Tuesday said that British authorities failed to accept that anti-Russian sanctions are ‘pointless’, local media reported.”London has once again announced the expansion of illegal restrictions against Russia—this time under the trumped-up pretext of combating certain ‘cryptocurrency networks.’ The British authorities stubbornly refuse to accept the obvious: anti-Russian sanctions are pointless,” stated the Russian Embassy in London, R…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Pakistan is among the worst-affected countries as the United Kingdom has reduced its foreign aid spending, cutting development assistance from 0.5 per cent to 0.3 per cent of gross national income (GNI) by 2027, a report has said.A report by The Borgen Project said that the UK government has announced foreign aid cuts of more than $6 billion, with the deepest reductions expected in bilateral aid programmes.Pakistan and Mozambique are set to face the steepest cuts, while …