In the weekly press briefing by FO spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said Pakistan getting elected for UNESCO bodies is a reflection of the confidence of the international community in country’s constructive leadership role within United Nations. The PM was invited by Prime Minister of the Russian Federation DA Medvedev. Pakistan calls India ‘spoiler’ in AfghanistanOn the other hand, Faisal said, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif is leading the Pakistani delegation in the 7th Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia –Istanbul Process which is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The FO spokesperson further said that the foreign minister has condemned in the strongest possible terms the repeated arrests and incarceration of the top Kashmiri leaders, who have remained the vanguard of the struggle for the realisation of the legitimate right to self-determination. “The people of Pakistan are deeply grieved at this senseless and barbaric act and stand in solidarity with their Egyptian brethren in this moment of anguish and tragedy,” he said.

Source: The Express Tribune November 30, 2017 08:44 UTC