MULTAN – Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Sunday that some international forces were trying to destabilise Pakistan by creating chaos in the country.
“These powers wanted to weaken Pakistan internally by pushing it towards extremism,” Qureshi said while talking to Chief of Pakistan Sunni Tehreek Maulana Sarwat Ejaz Qadri here in Multan.
According to a press release issued after the meeting, the foreign minister said these powers wanted to harm peaceful environment in the country. “We will have to keep ourselves safe and secure and also foil nefarious designs of such forces,” he added. He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan emerged as great leader of Islamic world. As head of state, Prime Minister Imran Khan for the first time in last 74 years raised effective voice for Islam at different international forums.
The incumbent government raised voice against publication of blasphemous images. Similarly, it was also for the first time that Prime Minister Imran Khan talked about Islamophobia. He stated that Pakistan would continue to raise voice for Islam. Qureshi mentioned that the role of Ulema and Mashaikh was very important in the international hybrid war against the country.