Saudi foreign minister to visit Pakistan this month: report
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Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan. Photo: AFP/File
Saudi FM-led delegation will hold talks between President Arif Alvi, PM Imran Khan, and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
The visit will take place within a fortnight.
The officials will also touch upon the establishment of an oil refinery in Pakistan during the bilateral discussions.
ISLAMABAD: A high-level Saudi delegation led by the kingdom s foreign minister is scheduled to visit Pakistan this month,
The News reported, citing well-placed sources on Sunday.
According to details, the visit will take place within a fortnight. Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan will hold talks with President Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Imran Khan, and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi during his official visit.
Saudi FM visiting Pakistan within fortnight
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January 3, 2021
ISLAMABAD: A high-level Saudi delegation led by the kingdom s foreign minister is set to pay an official visit to Pakistan this month, well-placed sources said.
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud will be accompanied by kingdom’s Minister of Energy Abdulaziz bin Salman and a team of Saudi businessmen and companies’ heads.
According to sources, the visit will take place within a fortnight. The Saudi FM will hold talks with President Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
Establishment of an oil refinery in Pakistan will also come up during the bilateral discussions.
Rulers used institutions for own benefit: Shibli
Information minister claims opposition requisitioned Senate session to escape accountability
Information Minister Shibli Faraz. SCREENGRAB/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Minister for Information Shibli Faraz has said the opposition parties have requisitioned a Senate session just to escape the accountability process. However, they will fail in their attempt.
“The opposition parties have requisitioned the Senate session with a six-point agenda. They are in fact trying to misuse the upper house to escape accountability for their misdeeds but they will not succeed,” Shibli said on Wednesday.
The information minister was addressing a press conference, flanked by Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Adviser to the PM on Parliamentary Affairs Dr Babar Awan.
FM Qureshi rules out dialogue with India in current situation
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Talks with India not possible under current circumstances, says Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi
Qureshi says India knows Pakistan is capable of a prompt response
MULTAN: It is not possible for Pakistan to have talks with India under the current circumstances of tension between the two countries, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Wednesday.
The FM clarified that India will have to end its military siege of Indian-held Kashmir.
He said India is fully aware of Pakistan’s capability to give a prompt response in case of any misadventure and is itself facing internal unrest.
Pakistan not ready to recognise Israel till Palestine issue resolved, UAE told
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Pakistan under no pressure to recognise Israel, says Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi
He believes the UAE visa issue is temporary
Pakistan is irreplaceable for UAE, the FM said.
MULTAN: Pakistan has apprised the Emirati leadership of its position on Israel and stressed that Islamabad will not recognise Tel Aviv until the Palestine issue is resolved.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi denied any pressure on Pakistan to recognise Israel in a media talk in Multan Monday.
He said the Emirati leadership apprised him of their position during his recent official visit to the United Arab Emirates. “I briefed them on our Israel-Palestine policy,” he said, adding that Pakistan will not establish ties with Israel until a lasting solution for the conflict is agreed on.