Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said “selective pronouncements” on human rights were “immoral”, reacting to allegations against Pakistan’s all-weather ally China’s human rights violations on its Uyghur Muslim population in the restive province of Xinjiang.
In a wide-ranging interview with London-based online news outlet, Middle East Eye (MEE), Khan denied pressure from Gulf countries to recognise Israel and that the international community’s failure to engage with the Taliban in Afghanistan could push the state by 20 years, the Dawn newspaper reported.
Khan described the 70-year-old relation between Pakistan and China as one that had “stood the test of time”.
In the interview with MEE, Khan said “selective pronouncements on human rights” were immoral, reacting to the allegation on China.
He said Pakistan had spoken to China about the Uyghur issue and had been provided with an explanation. “Our relationship with China is such that we have an understanding between us. We will talk to each other, but behind closed doors because that is their nature and culture,” he said. The US and UK have criticised China for its alleged treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, with some top officials going as far as calling it a “genocide”.
