Pakistan PM Imran Khan defends China over mistreatment of Uyghurs

Islamabad:

Even though the entire world is slamming China over the Uyghur issue, Pakistan is turning a blind eye to the plight of fellow Muslims.

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Defending all-weather friend China, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that Islamabad has spoken to China about the Uyghur issue and had been provided with an explanation, but the premier refrained from divulging any details.

During an interview with Middle East Eye on Monday, Imran Khan said: “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.”

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When asked about Pakistan’s silence over the treatment of Uyghurs in China, Imran Khan said that he considered “selective pronouncements on human rights” to be immoral.

“In all our ups and downs, China has stood with us,” he said, adding that China had helped Pakistan during moments of crisis when “we were going belly up”.

The US State Department estimates that up to two million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities have been detained in internment camps in China’s Xinjiang province since 2017.

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China maintains that the camps are vocational, aimed at combating terrorism and separatism, and repeatedly denied accusations of human rights abuses in the region.

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