Pakistani diplomats doing a great job, says PM Imran Khan after backlash
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PM Imran Khan clarifies his remarks over Pakistani diplomats.
Says the ambassadors are doing a great job in promoting the country’s good image abroad.
Former envoys express anger over public castigation .
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan retracted on Tuesday his public criticism of Pakistani diplomats, saying the Foreign Office was doing a great job, especially in highlighting the Kashmir issue at different forums across the world.
The clarification came from the prime minister during a live Q&A session with the public when he was asked by an expat about the problems faced by overseas Pakistanis and the government’s steps to mitigate them.
No talks with India till Aug 5 decision reversed
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May 12, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday categorically stated that Pakistan would not resume talks with India till it restored the special status of the occupied Kashmir. Unless India reverts its August 5, 2019 action, Pakistan will not hold talks, he said in a live telephonic call session with the general public..
Imran Khan said the Hindu supremacist ideology of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India was being condemned at the international level.
He lauded the role of Pakistan s Foreign Office in leading a full campaign to highlight the Kashmir issue globally.
PM clarifies his statement on ambassadors
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Prime Minister Imran Khan. File photo
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday said the Foreign Office (FO) was doing great job, especially in highlighting the Kashmir issue at different forum across the world.
A few days back, he had lambasted the country’s top diplomats for failing to serve the Pakistani diaspora in their respective countries of residence. However, he had to face severe reaction from the opposition leaders as well as the foreign service personnel. Inamul Haque, president of the Association of Former Ambassadors, said in a letter to the prime minister that the public reprimand of ambassadors “was ill advised and reflected a lack of understanding of the work that our diplomatic missions are performing despite major constraints and impediments”.
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May 12, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday categorically stated that Pakistan would not resume talks with India till it restored the special status of the occupied Kashmir.
“Unless India reverts its August 5, 2019 action, Pakistan will not hold talks,” he said in a live telephonic call session with the general public..
Imran Khan said the Hindu supremacist ideology of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India was being condemned at the international level.
He lauded the role of Pakistan’s Foreign Office in leading a full campaign to highlight the Kashmir issue globally.
The prime minister swore that as long as he was alive, he would not spare the Sharif family, as his prime goal was to make Pakistan a great nation by making the corrupt and powerful mafia accountable to the law.
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday said maximum relief would be given to people in the upcoming budget 2021-22. He said special emphasis would be made on development projects keeping in view the public needs.
The premier said this while chairing the federal cabinet meeting which approved two important ordinances as part of the electoral reforms process to ensure transparency in elections and grant right of vote to the overseas Pakistanis by introduction of modern technology.
A private news channel reported that the meeting also discussed proposals for the upcoming budget. Briefing the media about the decisions taken in the cabinet meeting, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said one ordinance would enable the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to use electronic voting machines (EVMs) in elections and the other would empower it to take steps to give voting right to overseas Pakistanis.