Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

Pakistan PM praises China, condemns India and cautions US attitudes in bold UN speech

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi delivered a wide ranging speech to the United Nations clarifying his country’s position on key issues including its burgeoning partnership with China, its desire to bring “hostile” India to the peace table and explanatory warnings against false US assumptions about Pakistan’s role in the war against terrorism, specifically as it relates to the ongoing war in Afghanistan.