KARTARPUR – Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi makes bigoffers to Indian PM Narendra Modi.
On the occasion of Kartarpur Corridor inauguration, Foreign Minister ShahMehmood Qureshi on Saturday asked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi towork together to fight poverty, illiteracy, climate change and epidemics inPakistan and India.
“In this era, Pakistan is working on two regional initiatives. One iseconomic corridor with CPEC, and the other is for peace and love whichKartarpur Corridor symbolizes today,” FM Qureshi said.
The Foreign Minister said Prime Minister Imran Khan had promised people ofIndia that he would initiate peace and love. Today marks him standing byhis promise. Today I ask Narendra Modi to do the same.
“The way that this Gurdwara has been opened for the Sikh community, Irequest that PM Modi opens Kashmir’s Jamia Masjid so the Muslims of Kashmircan offer their prayers there,” he added.
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“If in our time, the Berlin Wall could fall, the map of Europe changed, theKartarpur corridor opened then the Line of Control dynamics can also bechanged. Peace can also be initiated.”
FM Qureshi further stated: “Across the border Indian Prime Ministerappreciated PM Imran Khan for this initiative; as the Foreign Minister ofPakistan I want to ask that will you give PM Imran Khan an opportunity tothank you by lifting the curfew in Kashmir?”
The Foreign Minister said Baba Guru Nanak preached the message of love,harmony and respect for humanity and the same message was preached by ourSufi saints. He said this message of peace should also reach to occupiedKashmir where people have been confined to their homes and not allowed tooffer their Friday prayers.
