News Snapshot:
On 7 October, Pakistan’s foreign ministry posted a press release on its website surprisingly bearing the date of the previous day. It stated, “We have seen the text of a letter circulating in the social media allegedly written by the Foreign Minister to the Ambassador of Pakistan in Washington. The letter in circulation is completely fake and baseless.” The letter’s unprofessional language raises valid doubts about its genuineness. Besides, it is traditional in South Asian foreign ministries that career ambassadors, such as Asad Majeed Khan, the current Pakistani ambassador to the United States, are pulled up by foreign secretaries and...
