India, May 31 -- Pakistan has given lobby firm Erwin Graves Strategies a two-year contract worth $50,000 per month after previously scaling down a lobbying blitz it had initiated last year.

According to a filing on May 1 by Erwin Graves with the US Department of Justice, the firm will assist the Pakistani embassy in Washington with its outreach with the US Congress, key agencies such as the State Department and Pentagon as well as think tanks and media organisations. In addition, the firm will help advance Pakistan's efforts to pitch itself as an attractive investment destination for US firms, especially in the critical minerals sector, the filing said.

In the same filing made, Erwin Graves outlined the full scope of its work for the Pa...