ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Sunday categorically rejected malicious Indianpropaganda regarding the alleged use of Kartarpur corridor for businessmeetings.
“It is obvious that this concoction is part of India’s deliberate smearcampaign seeking to undermine Pakistan’s historic initiative of opening theKartarpur Sahib Corridor for Sikh pilgrims from India and around the world,the Foreign Office Spokesperson said in a press release.
The spokesperson said there was nothing new about India’s desperate bid tomalign the “Corridor of Peace” and divert the world’s attention away fromthe grave injustices being done to its own minorities, especially Muslims,who were being targeted with impunity by Hindu zealots in utter disregardof all tenets of law and justice.
India would be well advised to desist from casting fallacious aspersions onthe Kartarpur Corridor which was a gift by the Government of Pakistan tothe Sikh community, and instead focus on taking meaningful steps toeffectively protect its own religious minorities and ensure the safety oftheir lives and places of worship, the spokesperson added.
“Pakistan accords the highest primacy to the rights of the minorities.Sanctity of religious places and revered sites of every community isensured in Pakistan,’ it was further added.
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