ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has said that we do not agree with isolation of Iran on the basis of a leader who is going to be democratically elected by the people of Iran.
“Isolating Iran is not in the interest of the Muslim world or of Pakistan,” Imran Khan said while talking to media in Islamabad on Monday.
His remarks came in apparent reference to the US President Donald Trump’s speech in the US-Arab-Islamic Summit held in Riyadh on Sunday, in which he lashed out at Iran, accusing Tehran of fueling the fires of sectarian conflict and terror, and calling for its international isolation.
Imran Khan said that all the parties in the Parliament passed a unanimous resolution that Pakistan should remain a neutral entity in the Muslim world.
“We don’t want the Muslim world divided with more trouble; from Somalia to Afghanistan the Muslim world is burning. Pakistan wants to be one putting out the fires, not supporting other people’s wars,” he said.
In his speech at the Summit, the US president even didn’t mention Pakistan’s sacrifices in the war against terror.
The Chairman PTI said that Pakistan did not even get a mention as a frontline state fighting the war on terror in the US-Arab-Islamic Summit. He said that meanwhile, Indian get a mention in the Summit, and there is no voice raised by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the atrocities in Kashmir.
Earlier, the Head of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) Wajid Zia submitted its first report to the three-member Special Bench of the Supreme Court for implementation of Panama Case.
Justice Ejaz Afzal directed the JIT head to complete the investigation process within 60 days. However, the bench rejected the PTI’s plea, asking for making the JIT report public.
Later, the hearing was adjourned the hearing till June 7.
Talking about the Panama Case, Imran Khan said that the Case against Nawaz Sharif is a criminal case right now.
Imran Khan said that we found out recently that the JIT investigations are going to be confidential proceedings whereas we wanted it to be an open investigation in front of the people of Pakistan.
In reference to the crackdown against social media activists, Imran Khan said that social media is a new phenomenon in Pakistan.
The Chairman PTI said that it was Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) media cell which maligned the Pakistan army. But, he added, instead of going after an organised party and their effort, they are trying to curb people’s private opinions and their viewpoints.
“If you are making mistakes, then the people have a right to point them out so stop trying to mask it as maligning of the army,” Imran said.
