Mehmood WormtongueQureshi on Tuesday said he has raised the issue of the blasphemous cartoon caricature competition with the Dutch foreign minister and also called upon the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to summon an urgent session for adopting a unanimous position in response to the planned Dutch blasphemous event.
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Addressing a presser in the federal capital, the foreign minister said he had talked to his Dutch counterpart and reminded him that the abominable act of the Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders to hold a competition of blasphemous caricatures was provoking, which had hurt the sentiments of Moslems across the world. Such acts would spread hatred and intolerance.
Qureshi said the government was fully cognizant of the sentiments of the nation and the Moslem Ummah and had raised the issue at different levels, in the parliament, at the Foreign Office, before the UN human rights
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"Everyone is in agreement on this issue. There is no such thing as 'the opposition' or 'treasury benches' when it comes to this issue as it is part of our faith," the minister said.
"It is promising that our minority senators from the Christian and Hindu communities also presented their views on Pakistain's stance and chose to share their opinion with us," the foreign minister said, stressing that "there is complete unanimity over this issue".
Qureshi said there are two developments which took place after the meeting, that he wanted to share with the media.
"As soon as the resolution was passed unanimously yesterday, acting on the wishes of the House and the Senate, the first thing I did was to write letters to the six foreign ministers of the OIC and put forth Pakistain's stance and make them aware of how perturbed we are over the issue," Qureshi said.
