Islamabad, Mar. 13: A total of 67 Pakistanis were held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has told the National Assembly.
Qureshi informed that 62 of 67 detainees had been released due to Pakistan's constant efforts.
Following the 9/11 terror attacks, scores of Pakistanis were picked up by local law enforcement agencies and handed over to the US authorities, and 67 of them ended up at the Guantanamo Bay, The Dawn reports.
Islamabad, Feb. 28 : Washington was aware about the outcome of the Sharif brothers' electoral eligibility case a day before when the Pakistan Supreme Court actually announced its verdict.
Pakistan Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who is in United States to participate in the review of the Obama administration's strategy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, has reportedly told officials that Islamabad had suggested Washington that the Supreme Court could decide against the Sharif brothers'.
Washington, Feb. 27: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the US reservations on Sharia deal in Swat have been removed.
"There was an allegation that we are actually collaborating with the Taliban and we also had reservations in connection with US presence in Afghanistan. I am returning to Pakistan with a new hope," The News quoted Qureshi, as saying.
Washington, Feb. 25: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmmood Qureshi has explained that last week's Sharia-deal between the Pakistan Government and the Taliban is a "local solution to a local problem."
"The logic behind this agreement is a local solution to a local problem, which is quick dispensation of justice. It is not any appeasement towards militants," the Daily Times quoted Quershi, as saying after meeting his Afghan counterpart Rangeen Dafdar Spanta here on Tuesday.
Islamabad, Feb 17 : Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that non-state actors were involved in the Mumbai terror attacks, adding that he is not embarrassed as the Pakistan Government is clean.
Replying to a question about the Mumbai carnage, Qureshi said the government had condemned the incident from day one and had condoled with those who had lost their near and dear ones in it.
He said the government had carried out its investigation but the dossier given to them by India was `very inadequate and sketchy'.
Multan, Feb. 16 : After accepting the part use of its soil in plotting the Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan, in a bid to distract attention from its future course of action regarding the probe, has now stated that the Samjhauta Express and Mumbai attacks were interlinked.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told mediapersons here that further investigations could only be initiated if New Delhi answers Islamabad's queries regarding 26/11.
Islamabad, Mar. 13: A total of 67 Pakistanis were held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has told the National Assembly.
Washington, Feb. 27: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the US reservations on Sharia deal in Swat have been removed.
Washington, Feb. 25: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmmood Qureshi has explained that last week's Sharia-deal between the Pakistan Government and the Taliban is a "local solution to a local problem." 
Multan, Feb. 16 : After accepting the part use of its soil in plotting the Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan, in a bid to distract attention from its future course of action regarding the probe, has now stated that the Samjhauta Express and Mumbai attacks were interlinked.
