Imran Khan Statement In Iran Taken Out Of Context, States PM Office

Iftikhar Alam (@imiftikharalam) Published April 24, 2019 | 10:10 PM

Prime Minister Imran Khan, stated the PM office, was talking about non-state actors using Pakistani soil under the foreign influence to carry out activities in Pakistan or coordinating from Pakistan.

LAHORE- (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News- 24^th April 2019) The Prime Minister's Office has clarified that PM Imran Khan’s remarks regarding use of Pakistan soil for terrorism against Iran were used out of context.

His statement, stated the PM Office on Wednesday, should have been taken in the wider context.

PM Khan had said in Tehran that terrorists had in the past misused Pakistani territory to undertake attacks against Iran and similarly Iran’s territory was used for an attack against Pakistan.

The PM office stated that there had been a lot of debate about the prime minister statement on the use of Pakistani soil.

Prime Minister Imran Khan, it said, was talking about non-state actors using Pakistani soil under the foreign influence to carry out activities in Pakistan or coordinating from Pakistan. The PM office stated the example of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav who entered Pakistan from Iran.

The PM Office added that attacks are carried out in Pakistan using the territory of Iran and Afghanistan in this way.

The same was clearly stated by the prime minister during his visit to Iran, added the