Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit is set to become the country’s new foreign secretary. Basit was selected for the job three years back but couldn’t be appointed due to technical reasons and was instead posted as high commissioner in New Delhi. As per reports, Nawaz Sharif government has[Read More…]
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Abdul Basit summoned after Pakistan High Commission staffer booked for ‘spying’
Just In: Another Jodhpur-based man has been detained by the Rajasthan Police in the case of espionage and spying, Shoaib, the arrested man, is now set to be brought to Delhi. Shoaib had come in contact with Maulana around one-and-a-half year back, who lured the latter to join him in[Read More…]
India retaliates to Pakistan’s snub; summons Pak High Commissioner
Pakistan High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit has been summoned by the Indian government for unjustifiably cancelling an event of India’s high Commissioner to Pakistan, Gautam Bambawale. The Karachi Chamber of commerce was supposed to host Bambawale but called it off at the last moment, apparently chastising him for his[Read More…]
Shiv Sena, BJP react to Abdul Basit’s remarks on Pak’s I-Day
Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut said the Pakistan envoy in India should be sent back to Islamabad within 24 hours, as Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit “spews venom against the country sitting in Delhi”. The BJP, on the other hand, attributed Basit’s remarks to his “frustration”. “Such a person,[Read More…]
India, Pakistan relations remain tense amid Independence Day celebrations
Relations between India and Pakistan remain tense due to a number of incidents that have taken place in the last few days. The Pakistani army violated ceasefire in the wee hours of Sunday, opening fire at an Indian post in Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. This was reported by[Read More…]