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Pak appoints Abdul Basit as high commissioner to India

Pakistan on Thursday appointed career diplomat Abdul Basit as its new high commissioner to India. Basit, 55, was earlier tipped to take over as foreign secretary but the government recently made......

Sohail Mahmood to replace Abdul Basit as Pakistan's envoy to India

Sohail Mahmood, one of the senior most officers of the Pakistan Foreign Service, will be the country's new high commissioner to India, diplomatic sources in Islamabad said on Monday. Mahmood, 55,......

India summons Basit after Pak cancelled envoy's event

India on Wednesday summoned Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit to lodge a strong protest over the "discourtesy" shown to India's envoy to Pakistan Gautam Bambawale. "Pakistan High Commissioner......

The diplomat who handles a hot potato with a cool head

As the representative of his government in India, Abdul Basit runs a tight ship at the Pakistan High Commission. IMAGE: Abdul Basit with former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Photograph:......

India and Pakistan not doing a favour on each other by talking: Basit

Pakistan on Saturday said dialogue was not a favour by one country to another but a necessity to normalise relations, remarks made in the backdrop of delay in foreign secretary-level talks with......

MFN status for India by Oct: Pakistan

Pakistan could grant the Most Favoured Nation status to India by October next year, a senior official of the Foreign Ministry said.Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said "October next year is......

MFN status not before October: Pakistan

Pakistan has said it was unlikely that the process of granting India Most Favoured Nation status to boost bilateral trade would be completed before October.The Pakistan government is working on the......

'Hoping for Indo-Pak final in World T20'

Pakistan Hugh Commissioner Abdul Basit is hopeful that arch rivals India and Pakistan will meet in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 in Kolkata on April 3. India will host the sixth edition of......

World T20: Pak envoy disappointed for colleagues over travel denial

IMAGE: India’s Suresh Raina (Right) and Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik seen hugging each other during the training sessions of both the teams in Kolkata on Thursday. Photograph: PTI........

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