Pak not sending troops to Yemen: FM.

Byline: Sophia Siddiqui

Islamabad -- Foreign Minister Shah Mehmoud Qureshi, responding to the points of the opposition members in the National Assembly here on Tuesday, said that Pakistan is not sending any troops to Yemen. The Foreign Minister added we only want to play a positive role for promotion of unity amongst the Muslim Ummah.

The Minister has once again emphatically stated that the Saudi Economic Package for Pakistan carries no conditionality or strings.

The foreign Minister also declared reports regarding landing of Israeli aircraft in Pakistan as baseless and concocted. The reports are contrary to the facts, said FM. He said it as 'baseless' and against the fact. On the economic issues, Shah Mehmoud Qureshi called for evolving a charter of economy based on national consensus to steer the country out of current economic crisis.

Later, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif who called for an...

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