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| Pakistani high commissioner meets Hurriyat leader Geelani |
| 2015-03-10 |
| [DAWN] Pakistain High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit met Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday, according to NDTV. The 30-minute meeting at Mr. Geelani's Delhi residence comes after Indian Foreign Secretary M. Jaishankar's recent visit to Pakistain, where he met premier Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... in addition to his Pak counterpart. Mr. Jaishankar's visit to Pakistain earlier this month was seen as a positive step in India's policy towards Pakistain, after it had abandoned talks in August last year. Ironically, India had called off foreign secretary-level bilateral talks with Pakistain after a meeting between Mr. Basit and Hurriyat leader Shabir Shah. At that time, Pakistain foreign office front man Tasneem Aslam had said, "Our High Commissioner in India has been informed by the Ministry of External Affairs that the Government of India -- taking exception to the High Commissioner's meetings with Kashmiri leaders -- has decided to call off the foreign secretary level talks scheduled for August 25, 2014 in Islamabad." In the meeting, Mr. Basit and Mr. Geelani discussed the recent foreign-secretary level talks between Pakistain and India in addition to the situation in Jammu and Kashmire, where separatist leader Masarat Alam was released from custody Saturday, causing uproar from several quarters. |
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