Islamabad, Apr 11: The Pakistan government on Tuesday said there were no plans to change incumbent Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, with a spokesman describing reports in this regard as “baseless and speculative”.
A spokesman for the Prime Minister's House contradicted reports regarding the change of the Foreign Minister.
He said the media had “insinuated” from Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's recent statement that a change was imminent.
While welcoming President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to India on Sunday, Gilani had said that a “new team” would give “new impetus to normalization of relations between India and Pakistan”, the spokesman said.
The spokesman contended that the premier's remarks about a “new team” were a reference to new Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jillani and High Commissioner-designate to India, Salman Bashir, who recently retired as Foreign Secretary.
