MULTAN – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has responded back over thestatement of the Indian Army Chief.
Qureshi on Saturday said Indian army chief Bipin Rawat’s recent statementis meaningless and that it will not change Pakistan’s ideology.
A day earlier, the Indian army chief had said, “Pakistan has made its statean Islamic state. If they have to stay together with India, then they haveto develop as a secular state.”
Speaking to reporters in Multan, the foreign minister said, “The opening ofKartarpur corridor was hailed globally with people on both sides of theborder agreeing to it and India even sending two of its ministers.”
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“It was our wish that the foreign minister and the governor of Punjab alsoattend the groundbreaking but this was a good first step and we should takeit in a positive way,” he added.
