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'Get well soon': Kasuri tells Pranab Mukherjee

New Delhi, Apr 8: Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri today wished External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who was injured in a road accident near Kolkata yesterday, a speedy recovery. In a message, Mr Kasuri also wished the External Affairs Minister good health, a senior official of the Pakistan High Commission here said.

"A bouquet of flowers will also be sent to Mr Mukherjee on behalf of Mr Kasuri," the official said.

The two Ministers had met on April 3-4 during the 14th SAARC Summit here and also on the sidelines of the Summit.

Meanwhile, in a message from the Army Research and Referral Hospital, where he was admitted after being flown in from Kolkata, the External Affairs Minister expressed gratitude to all those who had sent him good wishes.

He hoped that he would be back to work after the 48-hour period that doctors have prescribed him for rest.

''I am grateful to all those who have sent me good wishes following the road accident I was involved in, near Krishna Nagar in West Bengal. I am well, but doctors have advised me 48 hours rest. I hope to be back to work after that period,'' the External Affairs Minister said in the message.

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No consular access to indians in Pak jail: Pranab

New Delhi, Mar 14:  The government today informed the Lok Sabha that at least 92 Indian civilian prisoners in Pakistani jails have yet not been given consular access."Besides 390 fishermen and 149 civilian prisoners and 74 PoWs are still languishing in Pakistani jails," External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in a written reply.The minister was asked whether the government had any reports of inhuman treatment meted out to Indian prisoners in Paksitan.The minsiter said Indian prisoners released by Pakistan had reported.....
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