Islamabad; 22 April 2021 – Pakistan’s president Dr. Arif Alvi says that considering the Parliaments vote on the resolution government would decide about the French ambassador expulsion and relations with the Paris.
Although to set the foreign policy is prerogative of the government, but Parliament can move its recommendations regarding any foreign policy matter while it is responsibility of the government to look into the roadmap Parliament sets regarding the issue of the French envoy’s expulsion from Pakistan over the publication of blasphemous caricatures, said Pakistan’s President Dr Arif Alvi.
He expressed these views here in an exclusive interview with special correspondent of Voice of America Ali Furqan. He said that the resolution has been tabled in the Parliament as it was the forum which represents the public being a democratic country.
To reply a question that either the government will remove French ambassador or not after approval of the Parliament, the Pakistan’s President responded “it is too earlier to comment over this as the matter is yet under debate in the parliament,” adding that some definite remarks could be passed afterwards.
President Alvi says the resolution to expel French envoy is moved in the parliament to reflect the feelings of people on the caricatures issue and government will look into the matter if resolution passed by the house.
Dr Alvi, however, contended that the Prime Minster Imran Khan of the view that the decision to remove the French envoy would not in the favor of the country.
Pakistan’s President further said that its time when the peace is global requirement, adding that the violent protests in Pakistan by religious groups are the result of anti-Islam strategies in Europe, adding that the controversial policies of the Europe are making differences among different civilizations and religious sects.
Dr. Alvi says the islamophobia in Europe is putting civilizations towards confrontation and recent violent protests in Pakistan are because of Europe’s behavior on the sensitive issue which is highly important to every Muslim.
Dr Alvi pointed that to insult others or others’ religion in the shadow of freedom of expression is totally ‘unjust’. “Even it’s a serious crime in some countries of Europe to speak or insult against Holocaust,” he recalled.
While explaining the core reason behind violent protests against the sanctity of the Prophet (PBUH), he said “Europe don’t have realization of sensitively of this matter as whenever any such disrespectful practice would be done there, the Muslim countries would react them .”
To reply a question over imposed ban on Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a religious-political party, Dr Alvi clarified that the decision put a due pressure on them to sit in dialogue and it was successful.
Islamabad; 22 April 2021 – Pakistan’s president Dr. Arif Alvi says that considering the Parliaments vote on the resolution government would decide about the French ambassador expulsion and relations with the Paris.
