ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi urged the Afghanistan government to review its decision of calling back its ambassador Najibullah Alikhil from Pakistan keeping in view Islamabad’s serious efforts to solve the issue of the alleged abduction of envoy’s daughter.
Mr Qureshi held a telephonic conversation with his Afghan counterpart Mohammad Haneef Atmar today and assured him that the suspects involved the incident occurred on 16th of July will be apprehended soon.
Pakistan government will take all possible steps to bring the suspects to justice at the earliest, he added. FM Qureshi said, “Ministry of Foreign Affairs is fully aware of the diplomatic norms.”
The foreign minister apprised his Afghan counterpart that the security of the Afghan embassy and consulate in Pakistan has been beefed up and hoped that the Afghan government will reconsider its decision of calling back its ambassador and other senior diplomatic staff from Pakistan.
During the telephonic conversation, the Afghan foreign minister thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan for his personal interest in the investigation into the incident.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Afghanistan had recalled its ambassador and senior diplomats over “security threats” after the top envoy’s daughter was briefly “kidnapped” in Islamabad this week.
Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid, however, termed the kidnapping a farce saying that it was RAW-supported plan to defame Pakistan.
