Amidst Indo-Pak tension, Nawaz Sharif chairs meeting of top foreign policy officials
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting of top foreign policy officials on Friday, to discuss ties with India amid tension with over ceasefire violations in Kashmir.
Radio Pakistan reported that during the meeting Sharif would be briefed about important foreign affairs issues, including ties with India and Afghanistan. The meeting is being attended amongst others by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and senior officials of the Foreign Office.
The meeting was held amid tensions between India and Pakistan after a number of ceasefire violations in Kashmir for which both sides blame each other. It comes days after the US declared Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salahuddin a global terrorist.
- Nawaz Sharif
- Indo-Pak Relations
- Kashmir unrest
- Syed Salahuddin
- Pakistan
- Hizbul Mujahideen (HM)
- ceasefire violations
- Afghanistan
- Ishaq Dar
Fri, 30 Jun 2017-12:49pm
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Friday, 30 June 2017 – 12:49pm
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