Summary PTI Chairman says Nawaz, Modi meetings welcome but they should be formal, through Foreign Ministry
LAHORE: (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has on Saturday said that the presence of business magnates during the meeting of India and Pakistan prime ministers raises questions. He said that the meetings between the two heads of states were welcome but they should be formal and through the foreign ministries of the two countries, reported Dunya News.
Imran Khan raised the question over the presence of Indian business magnate in Lahore at the time of Nawaz-Modi meeting. He tweeted on the presence of the business magnate during Modi’s surprise visit to Lahore. He said that icebreaking between Pakistan and India was welcome but there were question marks on the presence of the business magnates in Lahore.
PTI Chairman further said that all the meetings including the secret meeting in Kathmandu and the recent meeting in Lahore should have been held under the legal and official framework. He said that the objectives behind the meeting arranged by a business tycoon are not clear and thus raise questions.
1. We welcome the thaw in Pak-India relations but to have a business associate arrange the 2 PMs mtgs has an underlying conflict of interest
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) December 26, 2015
2. Mtgs of the 2 PMs, from secret Kathmandu one to Lhr one, must be through institutional frameworks with MFA in the loop for sustainability
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) December 26, 2015
3. Mtgs of PMs through business associates undermine the detente process & raise questions of conflict of interest.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) December 26, 2015
