ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Office on Thursday summoned Afghanistan’s chargé d affaires in Islamabad to record protest over delay in return of Superintendent Police (SP) Tahir Dawar’s body. Pakistan has registered strong protest over the inordinate delay and manner of return of the body of martyred SP Tahir Dawar. The foreign office also summoned a written […]
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Pakistan rejects Afghan take on FATA-KP merger
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Muhammad Faisal on Sunday said that Pakistan rejects a statement issued by the official Afghan press agency on the merger of the tribal areas with KP. The 31st Constitutional Amendment Bill for the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa (KP) province was on Friday passed by the […]
FO to impose sanctions on US diplomats
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) on Friday responded to United States’ (US) travel restrictions on Pakistani diplomatic staff and their families. Pakistan’s Ambassador to US Aizaz Chaudhry informed that the travel restrictions that went into effect today require a five days prior permission from the Pakistani diplomats if they travel outside the imposed 25 miles […]
Fully capable of responding to Indian aggression: FO
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Muhammad Faisal has on Thursday said that Pakistan is fully capable of responding to Indian aggression, but will act only ‘at the right time and place’. Speaking at a weekly press conference in Islamabad, Faisal said that Indian has violated the ceasefire agreement 370 times in 2018 thus far, which has […]
FO voices regrets over non-issuance of pilgrim visas by India
LAHORE: Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Mohammad Faisal has voiced regrets over non-issuance of visas by India for the visit of the 192 Pakistani pilgrims to participate in the Urs of Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Aulia (RA) in Delhi. During a briefing at FO, the spokesperson terms India’s denial for issuing visas as “unfortunate”, adding it is against the spirit of the […]