Pakistan's Representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi. Photo: File

The second day of a three-day conference of Pakistani envoys kicked-off on Wednesday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad.

According to media reports, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi will attend the conference via video link.

The envoy conference is being held to deliberate on key foreign policy issues following US President Donald Trump?s new Afghan policy, Kashmir and regional situation.

Prime Minister Shahid Khawan Abbasi and Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif have addressed the inaugural session of the conference. Envoys in various countries, including the United States, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Afghanistan, Iran, and India are participating in the conference.

PM Abbasi will also chair concluding session of the conference.

Earlier on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said that the military and civil leadership are on the same page that Pakistan has to make a clean break from its past.

?We need to tell our friends that we have improved our house. We need to bring our house in order to prevent facing embarrassment on the international level,? the minister said while speaking on Geo News programme Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath. Khawaja Asif remarked that countries shouldn?t put pressure on countries they share a close relationship with.

He accepted that Pakistan had made some mistakes in the past, adding that the country should not have participated in the proxy war in Afghanistan during Ziaul Haq?s tenure as well as the war on terror.?We need to break our false image. We have no stake but there is baggage. We need to accept the history and correct ourselves,? he said.

The minister also said that he doesn?t get why people are so surprised over the terrorist names included by the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in the list. Those organisations are also banned in Pakistan. During Eidul Azha, specific instructions were issued that no hides would be given to these banned organisations, he added.