Times of Islamabad

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had a veiled attack on India

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had a veiled attack on India

ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had a veiled attackagainst India on Thursday.

He has said that the neighboring country wants to push Pakistan intoisolation, mentioning that yesterday, during the ground-breaking ceremonyof Kartarpur corridor, the ambitions of neighbor country was seen but PrimeMinister Imran Khan took positive step toward peace as ‘googly’ ofKartarpur was threw by the prime minister.

He said that Pakistan’s case at global level was not heard before,something his ministry was trying to address. “Our neighbour wanted toweaken Pakistan,” he said. “We could not present Pakistan’s case before theworld because we did not have a lawyer.

“We decided that we would make our foreign office more interactive andstarted cultural diplomacy. We decided to take guidance and advice fromformer diplomats. We will also create a specialised foreign office, [andappoint] trained personnel.

“You will be happy to know that in 100 days we have had 16 multilateralengagements,” the foreign minister explained. He also said that the firstthing on the PTI government’s foreign agenda was to have better relationswith Afghanistan.