ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office has reaffirmed that foreign affairs fall under federal jurisdiction while responding to the KP government’s initiative to send delegations to Afghanistan for talks over security and economic ties.
“Under the Constitution, foreign affairs are the federal government’s domain,” Foreign Office Spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan said while talking to this correspondent.
Meanwhile, sources in the federal government said that a senior KP government official had made it public the other day that the federal government would be consulted after completing homework for consigning the delegations, indicating that the delegations would be dispatched after a go-ahead from the federal government.
It is understood that the federal government would study all aspects of the matter before giving its nod. It could include some of its experts/officials in the delegations. The federal government would also determine the parameters of the talks, the sources said.
Once the delegations are allowed to proceed ahead, the Pakistan mission in Kabul could be asked to facilitate them, the sources added.
It is believed that the KP government would not defy the SOPs in the matter, they also said.
