Salman Bashir

Pakistan today appointed career diplomat Abdul Basit as its new High Commissioner to India, replacing former Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir.

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

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.

Veteran Pakistani diplomats Syed Ibne Abbas and Jalil Abbas Jilani would be the new Pakistani envoys to India and the US respectively as part of a wide-ranging reshuffle of envoys in key capitals around the world.

Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir Sunday described as baseless Indian media reports on infiltrations and called for both neighbours to address their respective concerns through dialogue instead of whipping up frenzy.

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.

The condition of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay, injured in a scuffle with another inmate in a Jammu jail, remained critical today even as Pakistan High Commissioner Salman Bashir visited him in Chandigarh.

Reacting to India's lukewarm response to Pakistan's offer for Foreign-Minister-level talks to defuse the tension along the Line of Control, Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir has suggested that New Delhi should accept the proposal as it is "in the mutual interest of both the nations."

Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir arrived at South Block in New Delhi to meet External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid over yesterday's killing of two jawans on Indian territory by Pakistani troops. One of the jawans was found decapitated; the severed head is missing, top army sources said.

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.

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.

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.

For these families of the nine accused in the Malegaon blasts case, it has been a long wait. Arrested by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in 2006, the nine men were granted bail by a special court in Mumbai. The men - Noor ul Huda Shamshudioha Ansari, Shabbir Ahmed Masiullah, Raees Ahmed, Dr Salman Farsi, Dr Farukh Maghdumi, Mohammed Ali, Moh...

Striking a positive note ahead of the Indo-Pak talks, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir on Monday said Islamabad would extend all required cooperation to India on the terror issue and share related information.

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...

Pakistan today appointed career diplomat Abdul Basit as its new High Commissioner to India, replacing former Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir.

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

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.

Veteran Pakistani diplomats Syed Ibne Abbas and Jalil Abbas Jilani would be the new Pakistani envoys to India and the US respectively as part of a wide-ranging reshuffle of envoys in key capitals around the world.

Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir Sunday described as baseless Indian media reports on infiltrations and called for both neighbours to address their respective concerns through dialogue instead of whipping up frenzy.

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.

The condition of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay, injured in a scuffle with another inmate in a Jammu jail, remained critical today even as Pakistan High Commissioner Salman Bashir visited him in Chandigarh.

Reacting to India's lukewarm response to Pakistan's offer for Foreign-Minister-level talks to defuse the tension along the Line of Control, Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir has suggested that New Delhi should accept the proposal as it is "in the mutual interest of both the nations."

Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir arrived at South Block in New Delhi to meet External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid over yesterday's killing of two jawans on Indian territory by Pakistani troops. One of the jawans was found decapitated; the severed head is missing, top army sources said.

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.

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.

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.

For these families of the nine accused in the Malegaon blasts case, it has been a long wait. Arrested by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in 2006, the nine men were granted bail by a special court in Mumbai. The men - Noor ul Huda Shamshudioha Ansari, Shabbir Ahmed Masiullah, Raees Ahmed, Dr Salman Farsi, Dr Farukh Maghdumi, Mohammed Ali, Moh...

Striking a positive note ahead of the Indo-Pak talks, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir on Monday said Islamabad would extend all required cooperation to India on the terror issue and share related information.

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...