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No Govt-sponsored delegation sent to Israel:
FO
By Our Diplomatic Correspondent
ISLAMABAD—The Government of Pakistan Friday denied any association or
sponsorship of a visit by Pakistani delegation to Israel and its
engagements there.
Regarding the visit of an unofficial delegation from Pakistan to Israel,
the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement
that the Government of Pakistan had not sent or sponsored the visit by
any delegation to Israel.
An official delegation from Pakistan was scheduled to visit Gazza and
the West Bank in November 2005. The visit, however, was postponed alon
gwith other official or officially sponsored visits abroad in the wake
of 8th October earthquake, she added.
As regards the reported visit by a delegation headed by Ajmal Qadri,
there was no Government of Pakistan’s sponsorship, she said and added
the delegation might have gone on its own.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had no association with or information
about this delegation, she concluded.
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