Pahalgam assault: Pakistan urges Muslim nations to ask India to de-escalate tensions
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday urged ‘brotherly international locations’, together with Saudi Arabia, to impress upon India the necessity to de-escalate and defuse tensions heightened after the Pahalgam terror assault that killed 26 folks.
Sharif individually met Saudi ambassador Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Maliky, UAE (United Arab Emirates) ambassador Hamad Obaid Al-Zaabi and Kuwait ambassador Nasser Abdulrahman Jasser in Islamabad when the prime minister reaffirmed Pakistan’s need for peace and stability in South Asia, state-run media mentioned in nationwide capital Islamabad.
The collection of conferences with ‘brotherly international locations’ occurred amid heightened pressure between India and Pakistan after terrorists killed 26 folks, principally vacationers, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on 22 April.
The time period ‘brotherly international locations’ is ceaselessly used for Muslim international locations, reminiscent of Saudi Arabia, UAE and Turkey, with which Pakistan enjoys good credentials.
Radio Pakistan reported that whereas chatting with ambassador Nawaf, “the prime minister outrightly rejected baseless Indian accusations linking Pakistan to the Pahalgam incident with none proof and reiterated his name for a clear and impartial worldwide investigation into the incident”.
Whereas sharing Pakistan’s perspective on latest developments in South Asia after the Pahalgam incident, Sharif mentioned, “Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its types and manifestations.”
He additionally highlighted the federal government’s full give attention to consolidating the hard-earned financial good points of the previous 15 months, with the help of pleasant international locations, together with Saudi Arabia.
He added that it’s inconceivable for Pakistan to behave in an irresponsible method to jeopardise its achievements and derail the nation from the trail of financial progress.
In one other assembly, Sharif thanked UAE ambassador al-Zaabi for unwavering help to Pakistan. He categorically rejected “the baseless accusations leveled by India in its determined makes an attempt to hyperlink Pakistan to the Pahalgam incident, with none proof” and as a substitute shared how Pakistan has been a sufferer of terrorism over the previous couple of many years.
