Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has invited External Affairs Minister Jaishankar to join and address protests in the neighbouring country. As per reports, PTI has sought India’s help in ending protests and anarchy in Pakistan.
Sources said Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Provincial Information Advisor Barrister Ali Saif has invited India to join PTI’s protest to ‘strengthen Pakistan’s state’.
PTI said it will invite the Indian External Affairs Minister to participate in the PTI protest and address the party workers and the nation. “PTI will invite Jaishankar, Indian External Affairs Minister, to come and join PTI’s protest and speak to our people and see that Pakistan is a strong democracy where everyone has a right to protest,” Ali Saif said.
Speaking at a show on GEO News, he said that world leaders are coming to Pakistan and “we want to show them our democracy.”
S Jaishankar to Visit Pakistan
EAM Dr S Jaishankar will visit Pakistan later this month to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) ‘Heads of Government’ summit. This would be Jaishankar’s first visit to Pakistan as foreign minister of India. Jaishankar’s trip also marks the first official visit by an Indian Foreign Minister to Islamabad in nine years.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “EAM Jaishankar will lead a delegation to Pakistan for the SCO summit which will be held in Islamabad on 15th and 16th October…”
Relations between India and Pakistan soured after the 2016 Uri terror attack. India has always maintained no relationship with Pakistan is possible until it stops funding and sponsoring terrorism.
When asked about a bilateral meeting with Pakistan, the MEA said, “The EAM is leading a delegation what will be his plans like closer to the meeting we will share.”
The MEA has slammed Pakistan for welcoming controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik. “We are not surprised that a fugitive from Indian justice has received a high-level welcome in Pakistan. It is disappointing and condemnable, but as I said not surprising,” Jaiswal said.
MEA for the first time accepted today that India has raised this issue with Malaysian PM during his visit.
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