Fawad says anyone who kills innocents is a terrorist after FM Qureshi skips question on OBL

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry tweeted on Monday that there is no confusion at any level regarding anyone who kills innocents. “That is terrorism and the perpetrators are terrorists. We have suffered pain of terrorism in our own land and can understand pain of all who have lost their loved ones in these cowardly attacks.”

There is no confusion at any level re anyone who kills innocents. That is terrorism and the perpetrators are terrorists. We have suffered pain of terrorism in our own land and can understand pain of all who have lost their loved ones in these cowardly attacks. #Tollo

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) June 21, 2021

In an interview with Afghanistan’s Tolo News, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi skipped a question when asked if Osama bin Laden was a martyr. Qureshi paused for a few seconds and then said, “I will let that pass.”

Senior Afghan journalist Lotfullah Najafizada had originally asked Qureshi about Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan calling Osama bin Laden a martyr. The foreign minister responded that the PM was quoted out of context. “Out of context. He was quoted out of context. And, a particular section of the media played it up.”

SMQ on whether he considers OBL a martyr? @LNajafizada pic.twitter.com/IEr8O3Fwgd

— Alina Shigri (@alinashigri) June 20, 2021

Qureshi is being criticised for skipping this question and not taking a clear position.

FM of Pakistan, @SMQureshiPTI refuses to call OBL what he is. A cold blooded murderer responsible for countless deaths of innocent people in Pakistan & around the world.

Why complain then that the world doesn’t recognise our sacrifices?

— Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar (@mustafa_nawazk) June 20, 2021

Last year, Prime Minister Imran Khan came under fire for calling al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden a “martyr” during his speech in the National Assembly.

عمران خان نے اسامہ بن لادن کو "شہید" قرار دے دیا۔🤔 pic.twitter.com/tR5ZwgmDAL

— Kamran Yousaf (@Kamran_Yousaf) June 25, 2020