Imran Khan's remarks come days after a
US-expedited bargain among UAE and Israel to standardize relations.
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| Imran Khan said if Pakistan acknowledged Israel and overlooked the mistreatment of the Palestinians, 'we should surrender Kashmir also at that point', including this was not something Pakistan could do [File: Lim Huey Teng/Reuters] Pakistani Prime Minister
Imran Khan said his nation won't perceive Israel until there is a Palestinian
state worthy to the Palestinians. In a meeting with
neighborhood telecaster Dunya News, Khan said on Tuesday Islamabad would not
stick to this same pattern in perceiving Israel as a state, in a not at all
subtle reference to the United Arab Emirates which struck a United
States-facilitated bargain a week ago to standardize attaches with Israel. "Whatever any
nation does, our position is clear. Furthermore, our position was clarified by
[Pakistan's founder] Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah ... in 1948: that we
can't ever acknowledge Israel as long as Palestinians are not given their
privileges and there is no fair settlement," Khan said. The UAE on August 13
turned into the principal Gulf Arab nation - and third in the Middle East after
Egypt and Jordan - to arrive at an arrangement on normalizing relations with
Israel, topping long periods of prudent contacts between the two nations in
trade and innovation. Khan said if Pakistan
acknowledged Israel and overlooked the persecution of the Palestinians,
"we should surrender Kashmir also at that point", including this was
not something Pakistan could do. "When you discuss
Israel and Palestine, we have to think, will we have the option to answer [God]
on the off chance that we forsake those individuals who have confronted each
sort of bad form and whose rights were removed? My own inner voice will never
permit me to do this, I can never acknowledge it," Khan said. The Palestinian
government office in Islamabad expressed gratitude toward Khan for his
position, as per Pakistani news source Dawn. |
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