It will be for the first time in nearly nine years India's external affairs minister will travel to Pakistan even as the ties between the two neighbours remained frosty over the Kashmir issue and cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan.

India announced on Friday that Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan this October for the SCO Summit in Islamabad. Farooq Abdullah expressed hope that the visit would start a friendly relations between the two countries.

Pakistan is hosting the SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) meeting on October 15 and 16.

Earlier in August, India received an invitation from Pakistan for the SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) in-person meeting.

JAMMU, Oct 5: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday expressed hope that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s upcoming visit to

New Delhi, Oct 5: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday that he is not going to Islamabad to discuss “India-Pakistan relations” but his

Jaishankar said this in response to a query during an interaction after he delivered the Sardar Patel Lecture on Governance organised by IC Centre for Governance here.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to attend SCO Summit in Pakistan, emphasizing multilateral event over India-Pakistan relations.

The announcement came after the ministry confirmed in August that Pakistan had sent an invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the SCO meeting. Pakistan holds the rotating chairmanship of the SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) and will hold the summit on October 15-16.

The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday announced that Jaishankar will go to Pakistan in his first visit to the neighbouring country to attend the high-level SCO meeting. The Pakistan government has deployed the Army ahead of the meeting to maintain security amid PTI protests.

Such a move would signal India’s commitment to the SCO’s broader objectives while bypassing the need for direct bilateral negotiations.

The External Affairs Minister of India S Jaishankar will be visiting Pakistan in order to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. The

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 4: India on Friday announced that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the Shanghai

India's External Affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar will be attending the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) meeting in Pakistan

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation at the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Governments (CHG) meeting

The spokesperson made it clear that, at this point, there are no details available on any bilateral engagements that EAM Jaishankar may have during his Pakistan visit

Indian FM's visit to Pakistan set to be first in nearly a decade; army deployment authorised from Oct 5-17 for SCO security.

Indian Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar will visit Pakistan to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's Council of Heads of Government summit this month, the Indian foreign...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit Pakistan to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) ‘Heads of Government’ (HoG) meeting in Islamabad, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told presser on Friday. “The external affairs minister will lead our delegation to Pakistan to participate in the SCO summit which will be held in Islamabad on 15 […]

NEW DELHI, Oct 4: India on Friday announced that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the Shanghai

Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation at the high-level summit in Islamabad later this month in his first visit to Pakistan as EAM. Pakistan had earlier extended an invitation to PM Modi for the upcoming SCO meeting.

External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar to lead delegation to SCO meeting in Pakistan, breaking years-long diplomatic freeze.

The last Indian external affairs minister to visit Pakistan was Sushma Swaraj. She had travelled to Islamabad in December 2015 to attend a conference on Afghanistan.

EAM Jaishankar will lead a delegation to Pakistan for the SCO summit in Islamabad on October 15-16, the MEA confirmed as it also reacted to Pakistan's reception of fugitive Zakir Naik.

India on Friday announced that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in mid-October.