Islamabad: The spokesperson of the Foreign Office has said that the government is considering upon the legal basis for the swap between US and Pakistan involving Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and Dr. Shakil Afridi, ARY News reported on Thursday.
The foreign office spokesperson said during his weekly briefing, "Pakistan and the US do not have any bilateral prisoners' exchange agreement. There are two regional arrangements which if joined could provide a basis for discussion on such issues. This particular aspect is under consideration in the Ministry Of Interior."
He also said that the Ministry of Interior could better answer about the arrangements under which prisoners were exchanged with the US.
Asked whether US secretary of state John Kerry would be arriving with an agenda to secure the release of Dr. Afridi, the spokesperson dismissed it as a speculation.
He also said that the visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry was very much on the cards, the dates for which were being worked out.
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