Salman Bashir

• Invited by Nawaz Sharif to visit Pakistan, says Mamata Banerjee

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has invited her to visit his country.

• Pakistan envoy lauds Mamata Banerjee for 'transforming West Bengal'

  Heaping lavish praise on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for "transforming" the lives of ordinary people, Pakistani envoy Salman Bashir on Monday called for enhancing his country's ties with the eastern state.

• Pakistan proposes visa facilitation in Hyderabad

  The Pakistan High Commission is ready to send its officials to Hyderabad for visa facilitation and will make a request to the Indian government in this regard, said High Commissioner Salman Bashir.

• Full transcript: Salman Bashir on current state of relations between India and Pak

  Ahead of a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir speaks to NDTV on the current state of relations between the two countries.

• Who is Salman Bashir?

  Salman Bashir, who has been part of the post-26/11 Indo-Pak dialogue process, is the new High Commissioner to India. Mr Bashir, 60, will replace Shahid Malik as the Pakistan envoy to India.

• Salman Bashir Pakistan's new envoy to India

  Pakistan's former Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir, who has been part of the post-26/11 Indo-Pak dialogue process, is the country's new High Commissioner to India.

• Joint statement on meeting of Indo-Pak foreign secretaries

  The second day of India's talks with Pakistan have concluded in Islamabad. Today was devoted largely to the issue of Kashmir. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir  were scheduled to hold separate press conferences but decided at the last minute to meet reporters together. Here's the the joint statement iss...

• India-Pakistan talks: No to conflict ideology

  The Indo-Pak talks that concluded in Islamabad today were described by the Foreign Secretaries of both countries as "frank and cordial". The two-day talks prepared the ground for a meeting between the Foreign Ministers in Delhi in late July.Sources in the Indian government say that Pakistan was asked for answers about the relationship between its s...

• Indo-Pak talks: On Day 2, focus on Jammu and Kashmir

  It's the second day of talks between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan in Islamabad today. The two sides have started talks on Jammu and Kashmir.On the agenda are Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) such as more buses across the Line of Control (LoC) and increasing the cross-border trade.Yesterday, during the talks between Foreign Secre...

• Indo-Pak talks begin, 'optimism' and 'open minds'

  With "optimism" and "an open mind," the Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries on Thursday began two-day talks here to bridge the trust deficit, which touched a new low after the 26/11 attack, by focusing on peace and security and confidence-building measures (CBMs) on Kashmir.The talks between Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and her Pakist...

• All issues that 'bug' Indo-Pak ties will be discussed: Krishna

  On the eve of Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary-level talks, India said it is making a "determined bid" to work out a cordial relationship with Pakistan and that all issues that "bug" the ties, including terrorism, will be discussed.At the two-day meeting starting on Thursday in Islamabad, India is expected to raise the issue of the slow pace of ongoing 2...

• Indo-Pak talks to discuss nuclear Confidence Building Measures

  Despite the war of words between India and Pakistan over taking freed sea vessel MV Suez to safety, government sources say New Delhi is going into the Foreign Secretary-level talks in Islamabad on Thursday with an "open and constructive" mind, putting the Suez incident behind them.At the talks, India will strongly convey concerns on the slow pace o...

• Osama's family told Pak security personnel about his death: Bashir

  The family of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden had told Pakistani security personnel that he had been killed in the "covert" operation conducted by the US Navy SEALs, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said today.Giving an overview of exactly how Pakistan's forces reacted after getting information about the American raid, Bashir said on enterin...

• Pakistan slams US for unilateral action, warns India too

  After severe criticism from America, Pakistan retaliated today with strong words that warned it would not allow more Osama-type raids. The Pakistani government also warned India that "this sort of misadventure would result in a terrible catastrophe.""As far as Pakistan is concerned...there should be no mistake...that the people, leadership and parl...

• Osama Killing: CIA chief's remarks are 'disquieting,' says Pak

  Pakistan has described as "disquieting" CIA chief Leon Panetta's revelation that no intelligence about the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden was shared with Islamabad for fear that the operation would be jeopardised."Most of these things that have happened in terms of global anti-terror, Pakistan has played a pivotal role... So it's a little disq...