US NSA called Pakistan NSA and 'ordered' not to visit Russia

islamabad, Apr 9: Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi raked up the Kashmir issue while defending Prime Minister Imran Khan in the National Assembly which resumed a session on the no-confidence motion against the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday afternoon.

 

 

 

"There are issues on Pakistan's concerns. Why do they remain silent on that? Is the Jammu and Kashmir issue not our issue? If we ask them to take a stand they say no, do it bilaterally," Qureshi said speaking on the no-trust vote against Khan and his government. 

 

 

 

Qureshi also talked about the accidental fire of a missile from India last month that landed in Pakistan, saying that the accidental firing could have led to an "accidental war". "When India fired their missile into Pakistan accidentally, I said that that accidental missile could have led to an accidental war. Are human rights violations not happening in Indian occupied Kashmir?" Qureshi said. India had earlier said that it had accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan on March 9, attributing the unheard-of incident to a “technical malfunction.” The government said it had taken a strong view of the incident and ordered a high-level court of inquiry, on a day Pakistan registered a strong protest over the “unprovoked violation of its airspace by a super-sonic flying object of Indian origin.”

 

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“On 9 March 2022, in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile. It is learnt that the missile landed in an area of Pakistan. While the incident is deeply regrettable, it is also a matter of relief that there has been no loss of life due to the accident,” the Indian defence ministry said in a statement without giving out further details. The Pakistan foreign minister said that the former National Security Advisor (NSA) of the country Moeed Yusuf was categorically told by the US that Khan should not go on his Russia visit. He conceded that today is probably his last day as the foreign minister of Pakistan. "The NSA of the United States of America calls the NSA of Pakistan and says, do not go... categorically... where does this happen when a sovereign state is stopped from a bilateral visit and which self-respecting society accepts this?" Qureshi said. Khan had made an ill-timed bilateral visit to Moscow on the eve of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.