Pak-India officials talk over phone
Pakistan and India had a brief telephone conversation on Friday where they agreed to build on the goodwill.
ISLAMABAD:
Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua has said that Pakistan is today a free, transparent and democratic society where all issues are being effectively addressed. She was responding to a question about the 2010 Human Rights and Democracy report by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). “Regrettably, the report omits the positives,” she added. “Nevertheless, essential ingredients of a pluralistic democratic society that values human rights are amply in evidence in Pakistan today. And these need no acknowledgment.” The spokesperson said foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India had a brief telephone conversation on Friday where they agreed to build on the goodwill generated by the meeting of their prime ministers at Mohali.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 2nd, 2011.
Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua has said that Pakistan is today a free, transparent and democratic society where all issues are being effectively addressed. She was responding to a question about the 2010 Human Rights and Democracy report by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). “Regrettably, the report omits the positives,” she added. “Nevertheless, essential ingredients of a pluralistic democratic society that values human rights are amply in evidence in Pakistan today. And these need no acknowledgment.” The spokesperson said foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India had a brief telephone conversation on Friday where they agreed to build on the goodwill generated by the meeting of their prime ministers at Mohali.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 2nd, 2011.