ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday rejected the notion of sending any delegation to Israel, its foreign office said, adding the country's position on the Palestinian issue was unchanged. 

The development comes days after Israeli President Isaac Herzog's comments in which he said he had recently received a delegation of Pakistani-Americans, describing it as an "amazing experience." Herzog made the remarks during his special address at the World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on May 26.  

Herzog's comments stirred a debate in Pakistan, which does not recognize Israel and has repeatedly called for an independent Palestinian state based on the internationally agreed parameters and the pre-1967 borders with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital. 

On Sunday, a spokesperson for the Pakistani foreign office said the visit in question was organized by a foreign non-government organization (NGO), which was not based in Pakistan. 

"Pakistan’s position on the Palestinian issue is clear and unambiguous. There is no change whatsoever in our policy on which there is complete national consensus," the spokesperson said in a statement. 

 "Pakistan steadfastly supports the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination."  

The spokesperson further said the establishment of an independent, viable and contiguous Palestinian State, with pre-1967 borders and Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, is imperative for just and lasting peace in the region. 

After the Pakistani media carried comments by the Israeli president, former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan alleged the incumbent Pakistani government was about to recognize Israel. 

"Today, a picture of a Pakistani delegation going to Israel emerged," Khan said at a rally in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday. "For the very first time, it [Pakistani delegation] went to Israel." 

Khan, who blames his ouster on the United States (US), said the current Pakistani administration would do Washington’s bidding to stay in power. 

The matter continued to be debated on social networking forums in Pakistan. 

"Another commitment made to US under regime change conspiracy by Imported government & other co-conspirators fulfilled," Shireen Mazari, a former minister in Khan's cabinet, said on Twitter. 

Pakistan's Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal also clarified that no official or semi-official delegation from Pakistan had met with the Israeli president.  

"The policy of the government of Pakistan is clear and it does not recognize the state of Israel," he said on Twitter. "All our sympathies are with our Palestinian brothers and sisters."