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Pakistan may not be richest country in world, but is happiest in South Asia: Pak envoy Abdul Basit
World | Mar 24, 2017, 09:56 AM ISTPakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit on Thursday proudly said that his country may not be the richest in the world but it is definitely the happiest in South Asia.
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Pak envoy's Kashmir remarks interference in our internal affairs: India
India | Mar 24, 2017, 07:59 AM ISTReacting Sharply to Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit’s remarks on Kashmir, New Delhi on Thursday said that it contravened diplomatic protocol and amounted to interference in India’s internal affairs.
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On Pakistan day, envoy Abdul Basit reiterates support for ‘freedom struggle’ in Kashmir; sparks controversy
India | Mar 23, 2017, 02:07 PM ISTPakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit today stoked fresh controversy by reiterating Islamabad’s support to what he called the ongoing “freedom struggle” in Kashmir.
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Abdul Basit raises Kashmir issue on Pakistan Day
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Abdul Basit set to be new Pakistan Foreign Secretary: report
World | Feb 04, 2017, 02:25 PM ISTIn a latest development, Pakistan's High Commissioner in India, Abdul Basit will replace Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary as the new Foreign Secretary. The decision comes as Chaudhary has been named Pakistan’s envoy in the United States,
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Do not want to live in 'perpetual hostility' with India, ready for 'comprehensive talks': Pakistan
India | Dec 08, 2016, 10:21 PM ISTPakistan today said it does not want to live in perpetual hostility with India and called for an uninterrupted and uninterruptable bilateral engagement.
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Pakistan not 'begging' for dialogue with India, says Abdul Basit
World | Dec 02, 2016, 04:22 PM ISTPakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit has asserted that his country is not begging for dialogue with India.
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Holding talks with India would be Pakistan’s strength, not weakness: Abdul Basit
World | Dec 01, 2016, 01:35 PM ISTPakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit has said that Islamabad is willing to hold ‘unconditional’ and ‘comprehensive’ dialogue with India.
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Two ISI spies arrested, Pakistan High Commission staffer expelled for espionage
India | Oct 27, 2016, 02:49 PM ISTCrime Branch of Delhi Police today arrested a Pakistan High Commission official in the capital for espionage.
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Kashmir 'root cause' of problems between India, Pakistan: Abdul Basit
India | Oct 24, 2016, 11:58 PM ISTTaking exception to India’s diplomatic efforts to isolate Pakistan on the issue of terrorism, Islamabad’s envoy to India Abdul Basit on Monday said the country has been the worst victim of the menace.
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No surgical strikes across LoC, only cross-border firing: Abdul Basit
India | Oct 13, 2016, 06:55 AM ISTPakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit has claimed that Islamabad would have ‘immediately retaliated’ if Indian Army had conducted surgical strikes in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) a fortnight ago targeting terror launch pads.
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Don’t expect Army to stop playing its ‘important’ role in Pakistan’s India policy: Abdul Basit
India | Oct 09, 2016, 10:01 AM ISTPakistan high commissioner to India Abdul Basit has said the army has an important role to play in Islamabad's India policy and one should not expect otherwise.
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Surgical strikes: India setting a dangerous precedent, warns Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit
World | Oct 08, 2016, 11:48 AM ISTPakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit has accused India of setting a dangerous precedent by claiming to have carried out surgical strikes inside Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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‘Leave India immediately’: Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit receives threat calls after surgical strikes, reports Pak media
India | Sep 29, 2016, 08:00 PM ISTPakistani High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, today claimed that he received three threat calls from unknown numbers asking him to leave the country, hours after Indian Army said that it conducted surgical strikes at terror camps in Pakistan occ
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Uri attack: India summons Pak envoy Abdul Basit, says cross-border terror 'unacceptable'
India | Sep 27, 2016, 06:35 PM ISTIndia on Tuesday summoned Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit and submitted the proofs of cross-border origins of Uri terror attack, Ministry of External Affairs said today.
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India summons Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit, gives evidence of involvement of Pak-based terrorists in Uri attacks
India | Sep 21, 2016, 08:09 PM ISTThe Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) today summoned Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit over Uri attacks that led to death of 18 Indian soldiers.
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MEA summons Pak envoy Abdul Basit over snub to Indian High Commissioner in Karachi
India | Sep 07, 2016, 04:09 PM ISTIndia on Wednesday summoned Pakistani envoy Abdul Basit to register a strong protest over the alleged last-minute cancellation of an event of Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Gautam Bambawale in Karachi yesterday. Bambawale, who is
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No Indian policy maker wants to meet Ambassador Abdul Basit because of his ‘hawkish’ attitude: Pakistani media
World | Aug 30, 2016, 02:30 PM ISTAbdul Basit, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India, has come under severe criticism in Pakistani media for his perceived “hawkish” attitude.
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Islamabad ready to discuss Kashmir dispute with New Delhi, says Pak High Commissioner Abdul Basit
India | Aug 27, 2016, 03:25 PM ISTAmid rising tension between India and Pakistan on Kashmir, Pakistan High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, today said that ‘dialogue is the only way to find solution of the situation’ and that Islamabad was ready to discuss the dispute with New Del
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Pakistan back to tactics of denial, ‘strongly rejects’ India’s claim of cross-border terrorism; asks India to change ‘attitude’
India | Aug 10, 2016, 02:06 PM ISTAmid growing strain in ties, India yesterday summoned Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit and served him a ‘strong demarche’ over Islamabad’s continued support to cross-border terrorism. However, in a move that should not spring too much of a sur