ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a meeting at the Foreign Office on Friday.
During the meeting which lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes, Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua briefed the attendees on Pakistan’s stance on regional and foreign issues.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and other officials attended the meeting.
“The premier was briefed on the situation in occupied Kashmir as well as Pakistan’s relations with India,” sources told Geo News.
“The prime minister was also be taken into confidence regarding relations with Afghanistan, China, Iran and the United States,” they added.
The sources continued, “He was also briefed on the Kulbashan Jadhav case which will be heard in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in February.”
Further, sources said, “PM Imran apprised officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding his vision for Pakistan’s foreign policy and issued guidelines.”
“An effective foreign policy will be drafted in line with the prime minister’s guidelines and vision.”
Sources added, “Foreign Minister Qureshi will address a press conference in the evening to brief the nation regarding decisions taken during PM Imran’s FO briefing.”
Imran-Pompeo phone call
Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Thursday rejected a statement by the US State Department on a phone call between PM Imran and US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.
“Pakistan takes exception to the factually incorrect statement issued by US State Dept on today’s phone call between PM Imran and Sec Pompeo. There was no mention at all in the conversation about terrorists operating in Pakistan,” FO Spokespeson Dr Faisal tweeted.
