Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday praised the Indian government for following an “independent” , saying that none of the superpowers has the audacity to speak against New Delhi.
The premier highlighted the practices followed in India during his televised address to the nation and mentioned that India attained its independence from Britain at the same time as Pakistan but still, “none of the superpowers has the audacity to speak against India.”
As soon as the PM Imran Khan’s address ended, Indian media and journalists were quick to take notice of the comment and provided wide coverage to the Pakistani premier’s statement.
The Hindustan Times highlighted that the Pakistani premier called India a “‘khuddar qaum“.
#ImranKhan's former wife Reham Khan said he has suddenly decided to campaign for India after realising that he would not win again.
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) April 9, 2022
PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif said he should shift there.#Pakistan #PTIGovernment https://t.co/NHZyuecH2u
India Times ran the story with the headline that “Pakistan should learn self-pride from India, no superpower can dictate terms to Delhi: Imran Khan”.
WIO News noted in its headline that the Pakistani premier had praised Indian foreign policy and commended New Delhi’s independent stand.
"We are not tissue papers to use and throw"
— WION (@WIONews) April 8, 2022
Pakistan Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI again praises India's foreign policy, asserts no super-power can dictate terms to New Delhi
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Meanwhile, NDTV’s headline read: “No superpower can dictate terms to India: Pak PM Imran Khan”.
"No superpower can dictate terms to India": Pakistan PM @ImranKhanPTI in his address to the nation ahead of the no-confidence vote pic.twitter.com/gjeADtjFS6
— NDTV (@ndtv) April 8, 2022
Times Now wrote: “No superpower has guts to dictate India’s foreign policy, says Pakistan PM Imran Khan in his address to the nation”.
No superpower has guts to dictate India's foreign policy, says Pakistan PM Imran Khan in address to the nation – Top developments#ImranKhan #Pakistanhttps://t.co/Xerk9FrsxC
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) April 8, 2022
While Zee News reported that PM Imran Khan got emotional during the address praising Indian foreign policy and saying — “honest country”.
It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time the premier has praised Indian foreign policy, he has been acknowledging New Delhi’s stance for a while now.
Last time, during his public rally in the Dargai tehsil of the Malakand district PM Imran Khan praised the Indian government for following an “independent” foreign policy, saying that New Delhi’s policy was for the betterment of its people.
The premier had said that India is a member of the quad alliance, with the United States as one of its members, but it still calls itself “neutral”. He had stated that India is still importing oil from Russia, regardless of the sanctions the country is facing due to the Ukrainian war.
“This is because India’s foreign policy is for its people,” he had said.
