Day: April 24, 2022

Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal says Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan is trying to make Election Commission of Pakistan controversial in order to escape from foreign funding case.

Talking to a private news channel, he said Imran Khan ruled the country for more than three years but he could not handle the matters of foreign affairs in a proper manner.

Ahsan Iqbal said Imran Khan has put the country in danger during his tenure.

In reply to a question about long march call of PTI leader towards Islamabad, he said Imran Khan is working only for personal interest.

The minister said there is no harm in protest demonstration or holding public meeting but no one would be allowed to violate the law.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Pakistan has categorically rejected the malicious Indian propaganda regarding alleged use of Kartarpur Corridor for business meetings.

In a statement today (Sunday), the Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said it is obvious that this concoction is part of New Delhi's deliberate smear campaign seeking to undermine Pakistan's historic initiative of opening the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor for Sikh pilgrims from India and around the world.

He said there is nothing new about India's desperate bid to malign the "Corridor of Peace" and divert the world's attention away from the grave injustices being done to its own minorities, especially Muslims, who are being targeted with impunity by Hindu zealots in utter disregard of all tenets of law and justice.

The spokesperson said Pakistan accords the highest primacy to the rights of minorities and ensures sanctity of religious places and revered sites of every community in the country.

He said just recently, Pakistan hosted over 2000 Sikh pilgrims from India alone who were here to participate in the annual Baisakhi festival held from 12th to 21st of this month.

He said the Sikh community around the world appreciates Pakistan's commitment to inclusivity, diversity and promotion of religious harmony.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Pakistan has once again called upon the international community to play its role in ensuring a just and peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people for durable peace and stability in South Asia.

In a statement, Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad reiterated Pakistan's call for investigation of extra-judicial killings in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir by the Commission of Inquiry as recommended by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in its Kashmir reports of 2018 and 2019.

The spokesperson strongly condemned the unabated killing spree being perpetrated by the Indian occupation forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, causing martyrdom of three more Kashmiri youths in Baramullah district during the last two days.

He said the growing number of extra-judicial killings in fake encounters during the holy month of Ramazan, only exposes the ugly reality of India's illegal occupation and the extremist anti-Muslim designs of the "Hindutva" inspired BJP-RSS combine in India.

Source: Radio Pakistan