Tag: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi
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Shah Mahmood’s son Zain Qureshi to be investigated for vote-buying practices
District Monitoring Officer for PP-217, Haider Riaz, has issued orders for an inquiry against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Zain Qureshi, son of former foreign minister and PTI’s Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, for indulging in vote-buying practices during the by-election campaign in UC-44. A complaint initiated through social media alleged that Zain Qureshi has offered…
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PTI ministers meet PML-Q leadership to deliver PM Khan’s ‘important message’
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Defense Minister Pervez Khattak had a meeting with Punjab Provincial Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and his son Minister for Water Resources Moonis Elahi. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) delegation met the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) to convey a message from Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan. A notification/statement of the meeting was…
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80 per cent of people want us to leave government alliance due to rising inflation: Faisal Sabzwari
Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Senator Faisal Sabzwari while speaking on Geo News programme, ‘Jashn-e-Cricket’, said that 80 per cent of people want them to leave the government alliance. “Due to rising inflation in the country, 80 per cent of people want us to leave the government alliance,” said Sabzwari. Faisal Sabzwari advised the incumbent government…
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VIDEO: ‘Gilani is a bika hua siyasatdaan,’ Shah Mahmood Qureshi warns Senate
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi while addressing the Senate lashed out at Leader of the Opposition Yusuf Raza Gilani. “I said it yesterday and I am saying it today, he [Gilani] said that I don’t want to be Leader of the Opposition, he was lying. He will stay, he will take back his resignation. He…
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Shah Mehmood refuses to directly answer question about Biden not calling Khan, says it’s irrelevant
Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mahmood Qureshi, while speaking on Samaa News programme, revealed that talks of Pakistan with the President of United States (US) Joe Biden are now irrelevant. Speaking on ‘Nadeem Malik Live’, Qureshi said, “These talks with America have no weight, they are irrelevant.” Nadeem interjected and said that Pakistan does not want…
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Pakistan offers to host OIC summit to discuss Afghan crisis
Foreign Minister (FM) of Pakistan Shah Mahmood Qureshi has announced that Pakistan fully endorses Saudi Arabia’s move to request an extraordinary session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss the current Afghanistan situation after the Taliban takeover. Qureshi said, “Afghanistan is a founding member of the OIC. As part of the Islamic Ummah,…
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Pakistan summons Indian embassy official over targeting of Muslims
The Foreign Office (FO) summoned the Indian Charge d’ Affaires on Friday and conveyed the government’s concern over the recent target killing of Muslims in the Indian state of Assam. In the incident, two people were reported dead. It took place in the Sipajhar area of Assam’s Darrang district, where most of the residents are…
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‘Kabul should avoid pointing fingers at Pakistan for its own failures’: Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mahmood Qureshi asked the Afghan government to avoid pointing fingers at Pakistan for its own failures and look into its governance issues. In a press briefing at the Foreign Office (FO), he said Pakistan had repeatedly said it had no favourites in Afghanistan and saw all sides of the conflict as…
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300 CCTV camera data collected, abduction not confirmed: IG Islamabad
Inspector-General (IG) Islamabad Qazi Jameel-ur-Rehman, during a press conference on Monday in Islamabad, said that the police have formed five teams to probe the “abduction” of the Afghan ambassador’s daughter. “We traced the entire route on which the daughter of the Afghan ambassador travelled and also traced both the taxi drivers who drove her,” he…
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PM Khan assures Chinese counterpart about thorough investigation in Dasu incident
Prime Minister Imran Khan has assured Chinese Premier Li Keqiang of making every effort into the Dasu bus incident, in which 12 people were killed, including nine Chinese nationals, reports Geo News. In a telephonic conversation, PM Khan offered his condolences over the death of the Chinese nationals. “All efforts will be made to investigate…