‘Pakistan will never be part of any alliance’

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Monday that Pakistan would never be part of any alliance against any Islamic country.

Addressing a press conference, he said Pakistan equally valued ties with Iran as a neighbour and a Muslim country. He said border violations could not affect relations between the two countries. The provincial law minister maintained that both Saudi Arabia and the United States had their own foreign policies and it was not necessary that other countries would also agree to it.

“Pakistan’s role is to end hostile relationships between Iran and Saudi Arabia,” he added. He said that by giving a statement against Iran, the US president had actually violated the diplomatic etiquette. He said the recent statement by Donald Trump would not only create troubles for Saudi Arabia but also for the United States while Iran had gained sympathies because of the statement.