By Muhammad Luqman
Chairman of Upper House of Pakistani Parliament, Sadiq Sanjrani has cancelled his scheduled visit to the United Arab Emirates a day after the country gave Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi highest civilian award.
According to media reports, Sanjrani was to depart on a four-day visit to the UAE with a parliamentary delegation on Saturday but it was called off to express solidarity with people of Kashmir and protest the Gulf state’s decision to give Modi highest civilian award.
چیرمین سینٹ محمد صادق سنجرانی کا متحدہ رب امارات کا دورہ منسوخ کرنے کا فیصلہ۔چیئرمین سینیٹ نے پہلے سے طے شدہ متحدہ عرب امارات کاسرکاری دورہ منسوخ کرنے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے۔ یہ دورہ بھارتی وزیر اعظم کے حالیہ دورے کے پس منظر کو سامنے رکھتے ہوئے منسوخ کیا گیا ہے۔
— Senate of Pakistan (@SenatePakistan) August 25, 2019
According to a press release issued, the Chairman Senate said that Pakistan fully supported the freedom movement of Kashmiris. He said the Modi government has carried out unprecedented atrocities against Kashmiris and imposed a curfew in the occupied territory.
Any visit in such scenario would harm the sentiments of Pakistanis and Kashmiri brethren. The Chairman has called off his and the parliamentary delegation’s visit to the UAE, it added.
Talking to Geo TV News channel, Sanjrani said he was saddened over the award given to Narendra Modi who has carried out atrocities against innocent people in the occupied territory and visiting the UAE at this time would hurt Kashmiris.
