Tag: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi

The AP Interview: Top Pakistan diplomat details Taliban plan

UNITED NATIONS — Be realistic. Show patience. Engage. And above all, don’t isolate. Those are the pillars of an approach emerging in Pakistan to deal with the fledgling government that is suddenly running the country next door once again — Afghanistan’s resurgent, often-volatile Taliban. Pakistan’s government is proposing […]

Pakistani foreign minister tests positive for COVID-19

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Friday he had tested positive for COVID-19, days after holding high-profile meetings including one with U.S. special representative on Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in Islamabad. “This afternoon I felt a slight fever and immediately quarantined myself at home,” Qureshi […]

Pakistan won’t take sides in Iran-U.S. confrontation – foreign minister

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan will not take sides in the escalating confrontation between neighbouring Iran and the United States, its foreign minister said on Monday, following the killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike. The killing puts Pakistan, which is majority Sunni Muslim but […]

Entire Pak united, can protect its sovereignty: Qureshi

Islamabad, Sep 1: The entire Pakistan is united and can protect the country’s stability and sovereignty, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said amidst tensions with India after it revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. He has also alleged that India tried in vain to prevent the […]

No decision yet on airspace closure to India: Qureshi

Islamabad, Aug 29: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that no decision has been taken yet to close the airspace to India, underlining that any such step would be taken after looking into each and every aspect of the move through consultation. Qureshi dismissed as speculative reports […]

Qureshi asks political parties in Pak to be united on Kashmir issue

Islamabad, Aug 12: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday asked Opposition parties to come together on Kashmir, saying the country should have a united stand on the issue. Addressing the media in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir where he celebrated Eid al-Adha and visited a refugee camp, Qureshi […]

India calling off Foreign Minister-level meet `inappropriate`: Qureshi

open view web desk Doha [Pakistan], Sep 22: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday dubbed the cancellation of the proposed meeting between him and External Affair Minister Sushma Swaraj as “inappropriate”. Qureshi said that New Delhi backed out of the planned meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries […]

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