Posts tagged as: Pakistan Foreign Office

Pakistan concerned at Indian ballistic missile system

Pakistan Thursday said it considers India’s on-going efforts to build ballistic missile system as a destabilizing development.   Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary said Pakistan has constantly drawn attention of the Indian Government to the issue through composite dialogue process.     About Pakistan’s short range missiles, he said these are meant to address […]

Pakistan laments killing of its UN Peacekeeper in Eastern Congo

Pakistan on Thursday lamented the killing of its UN Peacekeeper in Eastern Congo, who was killed while performing his duties in the strife-torn eastern Congo.   The incident occurred when a military convoy of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) was ambushed by unidentified assailants in South Kivu, […]

Pakistan welcomes new AfPak special envoy

Pakistan has welcomed the appointment of new US Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan and hoped that the appointment would help joint efforts to establish peace, stability and prosperity in the region.   U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday named James Dobbins, a career diplomat, as the new special representative for Afghanistan and […]

Indian faces death penalty in Pakistan injured in attack

An Indian national, Sarabjit Singh, who is on death row in a Pakistani prison, was injured in an attack by prisoners on Friday and was shifted to hospital, jail officials said.   Singh, convicted for alleged involvement in a series of bomb attacks that killed 14 people in 1990, was in a death cell in […]

Several countries to facilitate Pakistanis cast vote

Pakistan said Friday that concurrence of seven host governments has been received for the conduct of polling for overseas Pakistanis.   Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary said at the weekly news briefing in Islamabad that the Election Commission had short-listed nine countries where polling could be held.   The spokesman said concurrence from Saudi […]

Pakistan to raise profile of relations with Afghanistan

Foreign Secretary, Jalil Abbas Jilani, said Friday that Pakistan has continuously endeavored to raise the profile of its relations with Afghanistan, at both bilateral and multilateral forums.   A peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan is in our vital national interest,” he told the third “Heart of Asia” Ministerial Conference of the Istanbul Process in Almaty, Kazakhstan. […]

Pakistan strongly condemns US drone attack in North Waziristan

Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned U.S. drone attack in North Waziristan tribal region which killed at least four people yesterday.   A U.S. spy aircraft fired missiles on a house in Datta Khel town, 35 kilometres, west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, which borders Afghanistan.   “Such unilateral attacks are in contravention […]

Pakistan dismisses Afghan gov’t assertions on border construction

Pakistan on Tuesday rejected Afghan government’s claim that Pakistani military has started unilateral construction and is engaged in physical reinforcement activities along the border in the eastern Ningarhar province.   Afghan Foreign Ministry said on Monday that it has conveyed grave concern about the development to the Pakistani ambassador in Kabul, Muhammad Sadiq and demanded […]

Afghan army officers’ visit cancellation disappoints Pakistan

Pakistan Thursday expressed disappointment at Afghan government’s decision to cancel the visit of its army officers for joint exercises.   Afghan Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that a visit of Afghan army officers to Pakistan has been cancelled over the recent ‘Pakistani shelling’ in parts of eastern Kunar province.   An 11-member team of Afghan […]

Pakistan to allow foreign poll observers

Pakistan Tuesday told the Islamabad-based diplomats that foreign election observers will be allowed to monitor the upcoming parliamentary polls, the Foreign Ministry said.   Senior officials told the diplomats at the Foreign Ministry that the Government of Pakistan would welcome foreign election observers who wish to observe the transparent conduct of elections, after completion of […]

Pakistan regrets Indian cancellation of hockey series

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Pakistan on Friday regretted the Indian government decision to cancel its bilateral hockey series as tension grows between the two uneasy neighbours.   The Pakistan’s hockey team was scheduled to tour India next month for five Test matches, which would have revived the bilateral hockey ties between the two traditional rivals in nearly seven years. […]

Pakistan dismisses Indian allegations on Kashmir attack

Pakistan has rejected claims by Indian officials that the two militants who stormed a paramilitary camp near a cricket ground in Indian-occupied Kashmir Wednesday “seem to be from across the border, probably Pakistan.”   Indian officials said that at least five security forces personnel were killed and injured eight others in suicide attack at Bemina […]

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