ISLAMABAD  - A writ petition challenging some 116 appointments in Ministry of Foreign Affairs on political basis and on the directives of former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar has been filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC). IHC judge Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui will take up the case ...

A Foreign Office spokesman said brutal manner in which Sanaullah was attacked in the jail is most unfortunate and a matter of deep concern for Government of Pakistan.He conveyed concern to the Government of India in this regard and demanded that an investigation into the incident be held and ...

Pakistan said on Thursday that it considers India's on-going efforts to build ballistic missile system as a destabilizing development.Responding to a question at the weekly news briefing here‚ Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said Pakistan has constantly drawn attention of the ...

The Spokesman for Foreign Office Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry has said the condition of injured Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah is still critical.In a media interview‚ he said that officials of Pakistani High Commission have visited Sanaullah Haq and the team of doctors on Sunday in the hospital.He said ...

Pakistan has urged India to ensure protection of Pakistani prisoners languishing in their jails.Foreign Office spokesman Aziz Ahmad Chaudhry in an interview Saturday asked India to arrange safe return of those prisoners who have completed terms of their punishment.He said Pakistan is considering ...

Government will continue to facilitate for the early completion of all formalities and hand over the mortal remains of the prisoner Sarabjit Singh to the Indian High Commission at the earliest possible, Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday.According to the FO spokesman, Pakistan had been providing ...

ISLAMABAD - Foreign Office has written a letter to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seeking names of polling officers to be stationed abroad.In its letter, the FO said the names of the polling officers be provided at the earliest so that it could start necessary work including visa ...

Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry has made it clear that there are no terrorist camps in Pakistan.The Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said this while responding to a question at the weekly news briefing here on Friday.Concurrence of seven host governments has been received ...

ISLAMABAD  - The Foreign Office spokesperson Friday said that no foreign country or foreign mission has contacted or approached the foreign ministry on the issue of General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf.Foreign Office spokesperson Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry stated this while responding to a query during ...

ISLAMABAD - Eight rounds of bilateral consultations between Pakistan and Russia will be held in Islamabad on April 25 with main focus on strategic issues including disarmament, non-proliferation, arms control issues and strategic stability in South Asia.“We attach high importance to our ...

Pakistan has said that growing Pak-Sino ties should not be a matter of concern for any country adding that Gwadar Port is a bilateral matter.Addressing a weekly press briefing on Thursday, Foreign Office spokesperson said Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry said Pakistan and China enjoy all weather relationship. ...

ISLAMABAD  – The Foreign Office spokesman has reiterated that Pakistan regards the use of drone strikes as counterproductive.Responding to a query regarding a story published in New York Times on an alleged deal on drones‚ the spokesman said that the story is baseless and a part of ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is committed to the objective of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation but the process must be non-discriminatory.Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary, talking to newsmen at the weekly press briefing here on Thursday, said Pakistan firmly believed in nuclear ...

Pakistan has emphasized that civil nuclear cooperation with China is in full compliance of the regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency and no one should object to it.Responding to questions by newsmen at the weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday ‚ Foreign Office ...

ISLAMABAD - Commenting on a statement attributed to the spokesman of the President of Afghanistan that Pakistan has imposed “pre-conditions” for the peace process, Foreign Office spokesperson on Friday said that Pakistan has not laid down any pre-conditions for the peace process. ...

Islamabad   - Foreign Office spokesman has said that the statement attributed to Maulana Tahir Ashrafi justifying suicide bombings in Afghanistan was not correct. The spokesman noted that Maulana Ashrafi had denied making any such statement. The spokesman further clarified that statements ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Tuesday welcomed statement of the Indian minister for external affairs expressing his government’s commitment to ensure that the peace process could not be derailed. The Foreign Office spokesman in a statement underlined Pakistan’s desire to continue the ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesman has been changed, reports said on Thursday. Moazam Ahmed Khan has been replaced with Azaz Chaudhry.

ISLAMABAD - Foreign Office spokesman on Tuesday rejected the allegations reportedly made by the Indian Home Minister that “Pakistan is helping terrorists to infiltrate into India”.Responding to some media reports about remarks made by the Indian Home Minister, “we totally reject ...

ISLAMABAD - Foreign Office Spokesman Moazzam Ahmed Khan Thursday rejected the notion that the visit of the US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Marc Grossman, aimed at discussing the modalities related to a military operation in North Waziristan.“We are expecting ...

ISLAMABAD - The Foreign Office spokesman has strongly refuted print media reports that an INCB team is to visit Pakistan for details on ephedrine scam. But sources insist that the team was visiting the country with a particular concern to the ephedrine case.The INCB (International Narcotics Control ...

ISLAMABAD - The Foreign Office on Thursday summoned a senior American diplomat to protest against US drone strikes in the tribal areas.According to a statement issued by the Foreign Office spokesperson, the US Embassy in Pakistan was “demarched over recent drone strikes in North ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Thursday made it clear that Ministry of Commerce has been given the mandate to take the process of normalisation of trade relations with India forward in such a way that would culminate in the observance of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) principle in its true spirit. The press ...

ISLAMABAD - Foreign Office Saturday clarified that no US-specific restrictions have been applied on the travel of US diplomats. However, there are general guidelines regarding travel of Pakistan-based diplomats, designed only to ensure their safety and security, which have existed for a long ...

Foreign Office on Wednesday said Pakistan is a nuclear-weapon state and it does not comment on its strategic programme. Pakistan is a nuclear-weapon state. This is an established fact. We do not comment on our strategic programme said the Foreign Office spokesperson in response to a question ...

The Indian media claimed that the talks ended in fiasco. According to the Foreign Office, both sides agreed in principle to continue the talk process and the next round will be held in Islamabad at a certain date. Both sides also exchanged documents and explained their respective positions on the ...

ISLAMABAD - A trilateral meeting between Pakistan, United States and Afghanistan will be held in Kabul in the first week of June to discuss peace and reconciliation in the insurgency-ridden country. Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua stated this at a weekly press briefing here on Saturday. ...

Islamabad - The Foreign Office has said that Osama bin Ladin was killed in an intelligence-driven operation conducted by the US forces. This operation was conducted by the US forces in accordance with declared US policy that Osama bin Ladin will be eliminated in a direct action by the US forces, ...

ISLAMABAD - Lack of a coherent policy either at individual state level or at the level of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) to tackle emerging challenges relating to ban on Hijab or headscarf in some western countries, has deepened concerns of Muslim women living in those countries. This is ...

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar and High Commissioner of Sri Lanka Air Chief Marshall Jayalath Weerakkody met Friday and agreed on holding the foreign secretaries level consultations. They discussed matters of mutual interest to both counties and agreed holding of 10th ...