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Pakistan-India tensions mar SAARC ministerial meeting in Islamabad

Friday, 26 August 2016 11:59 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 26 August 2016 11:58 PM ]

In this handout photograph released by the Pakistan Press Information Department (PID) on Thursday, Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif poses for a group photograph during a meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in Islamabad. (AFP)

Kamran Yousaf
Press TV, Islamabad

Pakistan has hosted a ministerial meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation or SAARC. The two-day meeting kicked off on Thursday, with participants discussing ways to promote cooperation between the member states. The meeting, however, was overshadowed by the ongoing tensions between Pakistan and India over Kashmir. Press TV’s Kamran Yousaf has the details from Islamabad.

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