ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis andHuman Resource Development Zulfi Bukhari has blatantly rebuffed fakepropaganda on social media against him that he visited Tel Aviv in November.
In a statement here on Wednesday, he said: “Media which is clearly Indianand Israel sponsored and shows the opposition utter frustration to createsome controversy. “If it is directed against me, I would like to clarifythat I was in Rawalpindi with the deputy commissioner on the day andpictures of the event are also available.
“I feel pity on the opposition for stooping to this low. Prime MinisterImran Khan has made Pakistan position very clear on the issue and we allstand by it,” he said. An Israeli newspaper claimed that an adviser ofPrime Minister Imran Khan visited Tel Aviv in November on his Britishpassport to relay an official message that proposed normalisation of tiesbetween Pakistan and Israel in return for its support “to halt downPakistan’s current cold situation with the Arab countries as well as tosupport it on many international issues”, claimed foreign media reports.
According to a global think-tank director, the visit took place in the lastweek of Nov. “The PM’s adviser [sent to Israel] lives in the UK and hasalso close relations with the Trump administration.”
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According to the report, the unnamed adviser was welcomed by the Israeliofficials at the airport as the visit was approved by the US. The adviserwas escorted to the “foreign ministry of Israel where he met severalpolitical officials and diplomats and delivered the message of thePakistani PM”, the reports claimed.
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