Nisar rebukes UAE's minister over remarks 'hurting self-respect'
It is alarming that UAE's minister is threatening Pakistan, says Interior Minister Ch Nisar
ISLAMABAD: (Dunya News) – Interior Minister of Pakistan Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has on Sunday rebuked the United Arab Emirates (UAE) minister over remarks that has ‘hurt the self-respect of Pakistanis’. He said that Pakistan is an honorable nation and “it is alarming that UAE’s minister is threatening Pakistan”, reported Dunya News.
In a befitting response to UAE’s Foreign Minister for State Anwar Gargash, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that Pakistan had brotherly relations with the UAE, like Saudi Arabia, but the statement made by UAE’s minister was in contradiction with diplomatic norms. He said that the statement was unacceptable and equivalent to hurting Pakistanis’ self-respect.
Responding on hanging of Jamaat Islami (JI) leader’s hanging in Bangladesh, Interior Minister said that as a Pakistani, he was hurt. “What kind of justice is this? What sort of ‘internal matter’ is it?” he questioned. “How can someone be hanged for siding with the constitution in 1970 after 45 years”, he asked. He said that flag-bearers of democracy and human rights should take notice of the events in Bangladesh.
