The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) can play a key role in addressing the issue of drug trafficking in Afghanistan believes. Speaking to journalist in Islamabad before his departure for Moscow on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said…
Pakistan urged all stakeholders to ensure resolution of the residual issues to commence intra-Afghan negotiations without any delay. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi tweeted on Sunday: “The importance of seizing this historic opportunity cannot be overemphasised.” Collective efforts…
Days ahead of the launch of intra-Afghan negotiations, Pakistan has urged all Afghan leaders and stakeholders to seize the opportunity for peace. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said: “Afghan leadership should seize this historic opportunity to achieve a…
PESHAWAR: (Pajhwok): Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have discussed Islamabad’s role in promoting peace in Afghanistan. Pompeo tweeted: “Productive call with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi about continued cooperation on Afghan peace…
Pakistan. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said this at a meeting with Pakistan’s newly-appointed special envoy for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq. Pakistan had sincerely played a reconciliatory role in the Afghan peace process, an effort lauded globally, the minister…
Pakistan. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told a news conference in Islamabad such-confidence measures would help maintain the peace momentum created by the US-Taliban deal. Upon his return from the Qatar capital, where he attended the signing ceremony,…
KABUL’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Doha on Saturday. Khalilzad apprised Qureshi of the latest situation regarding the peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. Qureshi said Pakistan hoped for the…
Pakistan. “Some powers don’t want peace in Afghanistan and are conspiring against the process… Such powers are spoilers and there is need to foil their nefarious designs,” he said. Without naming such powers, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi…
Top diplomats from Qatar and Pakistan have discussed the Afghan peace process and efforts for de-escalating the situation in the region. At a meeting with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood…
KABUL. During a meeting in Washington, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi also conferred on the Middle East crisis. Increased economic relations between Washington and Islamabad also figured at the meeting, State Department spokeswoman Morgan…
KABUL were ready for reduction in violence, a latest US demand to push peace talks forward or may be to pave way for the signing the much awaited peace deal, according to a media report on Thursday. Pakistan's Foreign Minister…
Amid soaring US-Iran tensions, Pakistan and Russia have agreed to launch joint efforts for restoring peace in the region. During a phone call on Friday, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov discussed issues…
Pakistan says it will not become part of any regional conflict, asking parties to the Middle East crisis to exercise restraint. Speaking in the parliament on Monday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi characterised the Middle East situation as…
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Saturday his country remains firmly committed to a peaceful, stable, united, democratic and prosperous Afghanistan. Addressing the inaugural session of Afghan peace conference titled "Lahore Process" at Bhurbhan in Murree; he reiterated Pakistan. He…
KABUL. Addressing the inaugural session of Afghan peace conference titled "Lahore Process" at Bhurbhan in Murree; he reiterated Pakistan's unshakable resolve to support peace, stability and long-term prosperity of Afghanistan. He said Pakistan supported an Afghanistan at peace with itself,…
Stability in Afghanistan as peace in both countries is interlinked, says Foreign Shah Mahmood Qureshi. “Afghanistan has been in a state of war for a long time and it will take time to bring about peace there,” the…
The United States and Pakistan to continue. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo underlined the need during a telephone conversation on Tuesday. Both sides hoped that the visit of US special envoy…
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will meet President Ashraf Ghani and US lawmakers in Germany. Ghani and Qureshi will co-chair a panel and presenting their perspectives on the evolving situation in Afghanistan and the region, the minister…
KABUL was in the best interest of his country and reiterated, promising sustained efforts for stabilising the war-devastated neighbour. Shah Mehmood Qureshi arrived in Kabul this morning to meet his Afghan counterpart and other senior officials. The Foreign Ministry in…
Pakistan, a spokesman for the Foreign Office in Kabul said. Earlier in the day, Qureshi arrived in the Afghan capital on the first leg of his four-nation tour aimed at enhancing cooperative relations with neighbouring countries. He was…
The planned pullout of nearly 7,000 US troops from Afghanistan’s foreign minister. Shah Mahmood Qureshi welcomed President Donald Trump’s initiative to withdraw half of US troops from Afghanistan, saying the decision was good for Afghan peace talks. While…
KABUL’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday underlined the need for a joint strategy to eradicate the menace of terrorism from the region. Terrorism could be banished and the objective of peace achieved through collective efforts, he told reporters…
KABUL Zalmay Khalilzad of Islamabad’s steadfast support for a negotiated settlement in the war-torn country. Khalilzad arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday for meetings with political and military leadership about convincing the Afghan Taliban’s Dawn newspaper reported. Via Twitter, Mohammad Faisal,…
Pakistan, promising cooperation with a regional initiative to help the country combat militant-linked violence. Addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tajikistan on Friday, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said establishing peace was central to sustained international…
