Pakistan welcomes third-party mediation to settle disputes with India: Foreign Minister during UAE visit Geeta Mohan Pakistan welcomes third-party mediation to settle disputes with India: Foreign Minister during UAE visit
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi welcomed third-party mediation to settle disputes with India, while saying that India has always been hesitant about the same. Qureshi is currently in the United Arab Emirates on a three-day visit.
He said that Pakistan would appreciate anyone and everyone, including the UAE, playing a positive role in easing tensions between the two neighbours. But ultimately, it is the people of South Asia who must decide what kind of future they visualise for themselves, he told Khaleej Times newspaper.
Religious, political parties misused Islam to damage Pakistan: Imran Khan
By IANS| Posted by Neha | Published: 19th April 2021 9:49 pm IST Photo: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has lashed out at political and religious parties in the country for misusing religion for their own personal gains.
“In our country, it is a great misfortune that many times our political parties and religious parties use Islam wrongly and use it such that they deal damage to their own country.
“So I am saddened that many times this love for the Holy Prophet and Islam is misused. Does the government not worry about this? That when there is disrespect of Holy Prophet’s honour then aren’t we pained?” he said.
Political parties and religious outfits have misused Islam: PM Imran
Islamabad, Apr 19 (UNI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that political parties and religious outfits in Pakistan have misused Islam and in doing so have inflicted harm on the nation.
Addressing a ceremony in the city, the Prime Minister said that he has started a campaign with heads of other Muslim nations to present the case for ensuring that the Holy Prophet of Islam is honoured on international forums.
Emphasizing that nowhere is the holy Prophet revered as much as in Pakistan he said it pained him to see that the love of the prophet is being misused for political gains.