ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Office on Wednesday said that the statement ofPrime Minister Imran Khan during his visit to Iran on the use of Pakistanisoil had been largely taken out of context and linking it to any othercontext was an effort to misinterpret the expression which did not servethe country in any way.
“There has been a lot of debate about Prime Minister’s statement on the useof Pakistani soil. The statement has been largely taken out of context,” aclarification/statement issued by the PM Media here said.
“Prime Minister Imran Khan was talking about Non State Actors usingPakistani soil under foreign influence to carry out activities in Pakistanor coordinating from Pakistan, case in point is Kulbushan Jadev / alike andlocal facilitators”, it said.
“In the same manner, Pakistan is attacked using soil of Iran andAfghanistan”, the statement added.
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It said, “The same was clearly stated by the Prime Minister during hisvisit to Iran while referring to latest incident in Balochistan. That iswhy the Prime Minister is making all out efforts for peace across the wholeregion.”
“Prime Minister’s statement being linked to any other context is an effortto misinterpret the expression which doesn’t serve Pakistan in any way”,the statement concluded.
