ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday said that motives behind the politics of sit-ins were clear to everyone.
While talking to reporters, Qureshi said that the stated position of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has been against such political antics yet it had extended support to the so-called ‘Azadi March’.
“Someone should ask Bilawal Bhutto Zardari why he is supporting this sit-in against a democratically elected government”
“Shehbaz Sharif is the legal president of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) yet no one within his party is supporting his call to not participate in the sit-in. Only a faction within the main opposition party is supporting the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) supremo Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s planned sit-in in Islamabad,” he said.
The foreign minister said that Indian attempts of trying to blacklist Pakistan in the international community will meet with failure.
In reply to a question about escalating hostilities between Saudi Arabi and Iran, Qureshi said, “Pakistan has close relations with both countries and we will try to remove misunderstanding between the two Islamic countries as the region cannot bear the consequences of any untoward situation.”
The foreign minister announced that Pakistan will observe October 27 as ‘Black Day’ along with the people of Indian occupied Kashmir (IOK) in protest of the ongoing brutalities there.
He praised clerics for supporting the government by organising a rally to show solidarity with Kashmiris. “PM Imran Khan has pointed towards the dual standards of the world over neglecting the Kashmir crisis.”
Commenting over the upcoming visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Qureshi said that Turkey is a close ally of Pakistan as it has always support Islamabad’s stance in regard to IOK.
Speaking about the arrival of the duke and duchess of Cambridge, Qureshi said he looked forward to the royal visit as earlier the late Princess Diana had played in important humanitarian role in her visit to Pakistan.
