
Islamabad: Underlining that it has never broken its relations with US, Pakistan on Thursday said it wants "normal and mutually beneficial" ties with Washington but the shape of future bilateral relationship will be decided by an ongoing parliamentary review ordered by the government. "There is a mutual desire to have normal and mutually beneficial relations. We never broke our relations with the US. There is a problem and both sides...

03:57 AM, Apr 13, 2012

Islamabad: Underlining that it has never broken its relations with US, Pakistan on Thursday said it wants "normal and mutually beneficial" ties with Washington but the shape of future bilateral relationship will be decided by an ongoing parliamentary review ordered by the government. "There is a mutual desire to have normal and mutually beneficial relations. We never broke our relations with the US. There is a problem and both sides...

06:25 PM, Apr 12, 2012

Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday said it is not putting the "core issue" of Kashmir on the backburner as it works to normalise ties with India, and any final settlement between the two sides would be linked to realising the "aspirations of the Kashmiri people". "The Jammu and Kashmir dispute is about the people of Kashmir and their inalienable right to self-determination. Therefore, there is no question of freezing this issue...

05:44 PM, Mar 09, 2012

Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday said the process of giving India Most Favoured Nation status to boost bilateral trade is expected to be completed by October next year. Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said "October next year is the time-frame which has been given" for granting MFN status to India. He was responding to a question during the weekly news briefing on the latest status of the Pakistan government's move to...

10:06 PM, Dec 08, 2011

Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is expected to visit India next year if there is agreement on the "agenda" and "outcome" of his parleys with his Indian counterpart, the Foreign Office said on Thursday. "The Indian External Affairs Minister, during his visit to Pakistan in July, has invited our Foreign Minister to visit India. So we hope that by early next year, there would be some agreement in...

05:19 PM, Dec 09, 2010

Pakistan is rankled by India's position on the Foreign Secretary level talks. ...

10:29 AM, Feb 18, 2010

Pak says it is not in a position to make any "substantive comment". ...

03:43 PM, Aug 08, 2009

Indian has been demanding that Pakistan extradite all 26/11 suspects. ...

08:19 AM, Jun 25, 2009