from important international players who it considered its “partners” to divert attention away from its worsening domestic situation.Addressing a press conference in Abu Dhabi, the foreign minister said India’s irrational approach was driven by its frustration emanating from internal unrest due to the RSS-BJP regime’s policies aimed at the subjugation of religious minorities and disadvantaged segment of the society.“India is planning a false flag operation… we are well aware about the Indian designs. We have credible intelligence about Indian plans to stage false flag operation,” he said.
Qureshi said India was looking to divert focus from its internal issues since the human rights situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) was getting worse by the day.
“I want to share all this information with the UAE government and rest of the world,” he added.FM Qureshi is currently on a two-day official visit to the Gulf state, where he has held meetings with Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and his counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.The foreign minister said the situation in IIOJK had further deteriorated due to India’s oppression of Kashmiri people.
He also mentioned the country-wide protest of Indian farmers and mishandling of coronavirus pandemic, that led to the agitation of citizens against the incumbent BJP government.Pakistan had exposed the nefarious designs of India to create instability and presented before the world the credible evidence in this regard, he maintained.Indian Chronicles report by EU DisInfo Lab, he said, was proof that India was misusing international platforms as important as the United Nations and European Union.He said Pakistan was a peaceful country, however, was firm to give a befitting response in case India made attempt of any military misadventure.
Qureshi urged upon the world to take notice of India, which he said, was playing a dangerous game of targeting peace in the region.The foreign minister said he held a wide-ranging meeting with his Emirati counterpart and discussed issues of bilateral importance.e said Pakistan and UAE enjoyed close brotherly relations and stood by each other in difficult times.Earlier in Dubai, the foreign minister visited Pakistani Consulate, where he was received by Consul General Ahmed Amjad Ali and senior officials.
FM Qureshi was briefed that Dubai Consulate repatriated 58,500 Pakistanis stranded during the coronavirus pandemic, adding that the consulate also distributed 17,500 ration bags and made arrangements for sending 359 bodies to the country.The foreign minister commended the Consul General and his staff for taking special care of the Pakistani community in Dubai, despite limited resources, in the wake of the global pandemic.He directed the Consul General to use economic diplomacy to acquaint the effective investors of Dubai with the best investment opportunities available in Pakistan.
