The 17th extraordinary session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's Council of Foreign Ministers would reach consensus on steps to improve the situation in Afghanistan. Pakistan hoped on Saturday. Ahead of a meeting of senior officials from participating…
Pakistan has renewed its call for international engagement with Afghanistan to ensure stability there. Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi issued the call at a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels. Peace and stability in Afghanistan…
The Pakistani foreign minister has underlined the imperative of a political settlement to accomplish lasting peace in Afghanistan. Shah Mahmood Qureshi also sought global assistance to the Afghans during separate phone calls with his Russian and Turkish counterparts.…
Pakistan has renewed its call for a lasting, comprehensive and inclusive political settlement in Afghanistan. In a phone call with US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Friday, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi asked all Afghan stakeholders…
Significant reduction in violence is central to ensuring peace and security in Afghanistan, Pakistan said on Monday. The Afghan government and the Taliban must demonstrate flexibility to reach a peaceful settlement, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi stressed. Addressing…
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok: Pakistan has once again ruled out the possibility of providing military bases to the United States for counterterrorism operations in neighbouring Afghanistan. Speaking in the Senate on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi insisted Pakistan would neither provide…
Pakistan says it is doing all it can to promote a peaceful political settlement in neighbouring Afghanistan. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said: “Peace in Afghanistan is a collective responsibility of all Afghan groups and of key external…
Pakistan has renewed its stout support for the Afghan peace process, calling for a negotiated settlement to the conflict. Foreign Minister Qureshi reiterated Pakistan’s support for the Afghan peace push in a phone call with US Secretary of…
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi believes stakes in the Afghan peace process are too high. There was a golden opportunity for peace that all Afghan parties and stakeholders must seize, he said in an interview with a…
A negotiated political settlement is the only way forward for Afghanistan, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi believes. “It is a unique opportunity for Afghans to show farsightedness. If they suffer, everybody will suffer. It is important that…
Violence could spike in Afghanistan if the peace process stays stalled, Pakistan fears, urging the Taliban to stay engaged. With Kabul-Taliban negotiations deadlocked, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi warned Afghanistan might slide into civil war. In an…
A peaceful and stable Afghanistan is in the best interest of Pakistan, says the country’s foreign minister. Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi made the remarks in a telephone conversation with his Afghan counterpart Hanif Atmar. A statement from the…
The Afghan peace process is at a defining junction and Afghanistan has never been so close to turning the tide, Pakistan believes. "As we gather here today, the Afghan peace process stands at a defining junction," Foreign Minister…
Pakistan on Tuesday denounced the spike in violence in Afghanistan, affirming its support for a ceasefire in the neighbouring country. At a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani at the Presidential Palace in Dushanbe, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood…
Pakistan says continuing high levels of violence in Afghanistan are undermining progress achieved in the peace process. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi warned persisting violence would strengthen spoilers, who did not want to see the return of peace…
The United States of America and Taliban will continue to comply with their last year’s peace pact, Pakistan’s foreign minister hopes. Shah Mahmood Qureshi, at a meeting with Qatar’s Special Envoy Dr Mutlaq bin Majed Al-Qahtani in Islamabad…
Pakistan has renewed its call for a negotiated political settlement in Afghanistan, where Taliban-linked violence remains high. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi reiterated Pakistan’s stance in a phone call with US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on…
Top diplomats from Pakistan and Afghanistan have discussed ways of boosting bilateral trade wand work on border markets. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi telephoned his Afghan counterpart Hanif Atmar on Monday, the Foreign Office said. Highlighting Pakistan’s policy…
Acting Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi have conferred on bilateral relations and progress in the Afghan peace process. Qureshi urged Afghanistan to seize the opportunity offered by the peace negotiations and…
Pakistan. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi also hailed the February 29 US-Taliban peace pact as a historic opportunity for stabilising the war-torn country. During a meeting with Wolesi Jirga Speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani in Islamabad on Saturday, Qureshi…
China-Pakistan, says the foreign minister. Shah Mehmood Qureshi, speaking to a private news channel on Tuesday, said the CPEC projects would have a positive impact on the war-devastated country. On trade with Afghanistan, the minister said markets would…
