Islamabad, Nov. 7 -- Pakistan on Friday said it would consider issuing a visa to Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann if the Indian politician wished to visit the country.

Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan made the remarks during his weekly media briefing in response to a question about the possible visit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader.

"The Pakistani government would consider issuing him a visa if he wished to visit the country," Khan said, clarifying that whether the Indian government permitted Mann to travel to Pakistan was an entirely separate matter.

On October 23, during the Punjab assembly session, Mann had said that he had been invited to attend the World Punjabi Conference in Lahore on November 27. Ho...