Times of Islamabad

Canadian Foreign Minister telephones Pakistan FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi

Canadian Foreign Minister telephones Pakistan FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi

ISLAMABAD – Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland has telephonedPakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.

She spoke to her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday anddiscussed the acquittal of Asia Bibi in a blasphemy case.

Spokesperson of the foreign office in Pakistan, Dr Mohammad Faisal revealedon Tuesday that the two went into discourse over the matter of Asia Bibiduring a telephonic conversation.

The Canadian FM “appreciated Supreme Court’s courageous decision” of theacquittal as well as the prime minister’s “positive speech.”