Sartaj Aziz News

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday waived the condition of a letter from Pakistan's Foreign Adviser Sartaj Aziz for an ailing PoK resident to get a visa and said he would be allowed to come here as Pakistan- occupied-Kashmir was an integral part of India.

Hitting out at Pakistan yet again, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said that Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) is an integral part of India and that New Delhi will give a medical emergency visa to 24-year-old resident Osama Ali. 

Jadhav has been awarded death sentence by a Pakistani military court on the charges of espionage.In a major blow to Pakistan, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in May stayed the death sentence of Jadhav.   

Pakistan is considering issuing Kulbhushan Jadhav's mother a visa to meet her son, who has been sentenced to death for alleged spying, a report said on Thursday.

Pakistan wants to hold dialogue with India to resolve all outstanding issues, including Kashmir, so that peace can be restored in the region, Sartaj Aziz, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's adviser on foreign affairs, has said.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday lashed out at Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz, for not acknowleding her personal letter in which she has requested to grant a Pakistani visa for Kulbhushan Jadhav's mother. However, she had assured Aziz that any Pakistani national seeking a medical visa to travel to India with his recommendation will be given the visa immediately.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during talks with Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz yesterday discussed a range of bilateral issues as well as the situation in Afghanistan.

Pakistan on Thursday condemned drone strikes on its soil as violations of sovereignty, after U.S. officials suggested Washington might ramp them up against Afghan Taliban taking refuge inside Pakistan.

Pakistan has followed a thin line to maintain ties with the Gulf nations amid increasing bilateral rivalries. 

Pakistan Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz has condemned the killing of top Hizbul commander Sabzar Ahmad Bhat and other terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir by the Indian forces, and called upon the international community and the United Nations to bring an end to the bloodshed.

Pakistan on Saturday called on the UN and the international community to stop the violence in the Kashmir Valley.

A prominent Pakistani opposition leader has criticized the country's prime minister for an allegedly "ineffective" trip to Saudi Arabia for a summit with US President Donald Trump.

Pakistan government will not tolerate anti-Army content on social media, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Tuesday amid a spate of posts against the powerful military.

Aziz told Times Now that the International Court of Justice (CJI) has only stayed Jadhav's execution but didn't order on consular access to India.

Two days after the International Court of Justice ordered Pakistan to halt for now the death sentence of Kulbhushan Jadhav, Islamabad on Saturday announced that it would try the Indian national as per Pakistan's laws.

If India shows interest, Pakistan will look into the possibility of a meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the SCO summit next month, Pakistan's top diplomat Sartaj Aziz said on Wednesday.

Pakistan said today that it has briefed the US about the "plight" of Kashmiris and the status of its relations with India as America's National Security Adviser held talks with top officials here during a visit, the first by a top Trump aide to this country.

Asserting that it is important to give consular access, Defence Expert P K Sehgal on Friday said Pakistan`s denial to give statements on alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav is sheer violation of the Geneva Convention, adding that the incident reveals Islamabad`s double standards.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday rejected as "untrue" Pakistan`s claim that India had not responded to "specific information" sought on alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav in January and said the military trial sentencing him to death was not transparent.

Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz "condemned" the Indian reaction over Kulbhushan ​Jadhav's sentencing.