FO criticised for `failure´ to highlight abuses in IHK
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Monday criticised the Foreign Office for being outmoded and failing to complement her efforts for highlighting human rights abuses in India-held Kashmir at the international forums. Speaking at a seminar on `Human Rights Diplomacy´ organised by the Ministry of Human Rights, Ms Mazari said the international order was now being run through an increasing number of treaties and conventions, to which most of the countries, including Pakistan, had acceded. She regretted that the FO had not kept pace with change and there was a hidebound refusal to realise the changing nature of diplomacy. There...