Says arming, funding terrorist elements
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday said some external powers wanted to destabilize Pakistan by arming and funding the terrorist elements involved in the attacks like the suicide blast in a Peshawar mosque.
Talking to media in Tandojam area here, Qureshi said the foreign investment had begun to grow in Pakistan and that the country’s exports were also being increased.
“They back such elements by giving them arms and funds so that they can keep the western borders of Pakistan hot,” he maintained. He noted that the situation was worsening in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and the powers in question wanted to create distraction for Pakistan on the western borders. He observed that the mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic by India had caused a setback to their economy.
The foreign minister added that Pakistan comparatively had been recognized to have managed the situation well. “The textile industry of Pakistan has received so many orders which the mills are unable to supply,” he said, adding that no textile mills, looms or spindles were closed in Faisalabad at the moment. According to him, the textile exports had stalled during the previous governments. He credited Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s government for the growth of housing and tourism sectors and said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has also provided the industrialization package.
The FM recalled that when the cricket team of New Zealand was scheduled to visit Pakistan a scare was spread and the team’s visit was cancelled. He added that in that regard he presented the statistics and proofs at a press conference at the foreign office besides handing over dossiers to the Secretary General of the United Nations, President of the Security Council and their foreign ministers.
Replying to another query, he said 900,000 Indian army was stationed in IIOJK and that there were also the so-called special laws and extra judicial killings were happening as well.
“The occupying forces take away young men and after some days their dead bodies are found.
