Talk Islam (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Predator drones coming to Baluchistan. The White House has authorized expanding the CIA’s Predator Drone program in Pakistan, with US officials now eager to start attacking targets in Baluchistan province. Pakistani government objects. Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said there were limits to Pakistani cooperation, and the drone attacks were counterproductive. ‘This...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said that Pakistan is surprised over UK's demand of "do more", local media reported Monday. Basit said those posing statements regarding whereabouts of the Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden had better share with Pakistan the information about him if possessed. The spokesman said Pakistan has either killed or arrested as many...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said that Pakistan is surprised over UK's demand of "do more", local media reported Monday. Basit said those posing statements regarding whereabouts of the Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden had better share with Pakistan the information about him if possessed. The spokesman said Pakistan has either killed or arrested as many...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... al Qaida operatives. No one should have doubts about our efforts," said Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit. Basit said Pakistan was surprised by Brown's call to do more in the campaign against al Qaida. He said the world community has appreciated Pakistan's efforts in the war on terror. "Osama bin Laden's whereabouts are not known to anyone. If anyone knows (where he is),...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Pakistan has categorically rejected reports of the Washington Times about presence of Afghan Taliban leader, Mulla Mohammad Omar, in Karachi of the country. Speaking to a private Pakistani TV channel, Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesman, Abdul Basit, stressed that Omar was not present in Karachi. The spokesman also denied Pakistan intelligence service ISI's involvement in shifting Mulla...
Nasir Khan blog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... engage the Kashmiri leaders from the occupied state to find a solution. Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit did some plain speaking, when he remarked that India did not want peace in the region. His conclusion is absolutely justified since New Delhi refuses to come to the negotiating table just because it would have to discuss Kashmir. It is well known that even when the composite...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Pakistan has expressed surprise over British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's demand to "do more" to nab Osama Bin Laden.The foreign office spokesman, Abdul Basit, said that those issuing statements regarding the whereabouts of Osama Bin Ladin ought to share the information with Pakistan if they possessed it, The News reports.Earlier, Brown has slammed Pakistan for not being able to capture...
The Filter Coffee (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... crisis. However, rejecting Seymour Hersh’s report as baseless, the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Abdul Basit said that no help was needed from foreign nations to secure Pakistan’s nuclear assets.Because of his affiliation with the Jewish lobby, Seymour Hersh maintains a close watch on Pakistan’s nuclear program. A propaganda campaign is underway in America which claims that extremists...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Islamabad - Pakistan issued on Tuesday a verbal salvo, accusing its archrival India of preparing for a "limited" war against it. "India has long been working on the so-called 'Cold Start' strategy and preparing for a limited war against Pakistan," Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Abdul Basit said in response to an earlier statement by the Indian army chief. General Deepak Kapoor...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Pakistan has once again raked up the issue of Kashmir, saying that it should be resolved in accordance with the United Nations resolutions of 1948 and 1949.Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory and that the settlement of issues should be according to the aspirations of the Kashmiris and the UN resolutions."India is only one of the parties...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
/Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) Pakistan has rejected a US newspaper report claiming that the one-eyed Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Omar is in Karachi, terming it false and baseless. Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit, while speaking to a private TV channel Friday, made it clear that Omar was not in the southern port city, Online news agency reported. If anyone had information about his hideout,...
rediff News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... of the Kashmir problem. Reacting strongly to Dr Singh's statement, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said, "Jammu and Kashmir [ ] is a disputed territory awaiting settlement in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions and aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir"."India [ ] is only one of the parties to the dispute; it cannot, therefore, unilaterally change...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has said that India does not have the right to decide the issue unilaterally and the Kashmir dispute must be resolved in accordance with UN resolutions. Reacting to Indian Primer Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's statement that India would not redraw the Indo-Pak border in Kashmir, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said that Kashmir was a pivotal part...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... arms there has been terrible bloodshed." Madam Coomaraswamy said the GONU Justice Minister, Abdul–Basit Sabdarat Saleh told her that the six child soldiers who were arrested during the Justice and Equality Movement’s attack on Omdurman on 10th May last year and who are currently on death row, will not be executed. [Radhika Coomaraswamy]: “We have six I think...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... which we can discuss, we can reach agreement," he said. In Islamabad, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said, "Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory awaiting settlement in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions and aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir".
