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Pakistani opposition criticizes Nawaz Sharif over Saudi-Trump summit

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A prominent Pakistani opposition leader has criticized the country’s prime minister for an allegedly “ineffective”’ trip to Saudi Arabia for a summit with US President Donald Trump.

The cricket-star-turned-politician Imran Khan is also claiming that Trump snubbed Nawaz Sharif by not singling out Pakistan as a victim of terror attacks in his summit speech in Riyadh over the weekend. Trump did mention Pakistan’s archrival India as a target of extremist attacks.

Pakistani media say Khan accused Sharif of “failing to take a stand” for Pakistan and other Muslim communities in Iran, which was not invited to the summit, the disputed Kashmir and Palestinian territories.

Khan and his supporters have over the past months staged mass street protests, which have at times dissolved into violence, demanding Sharif and the government resign.

“Nawaz Sharif lost a big opportunity and the Pakistani people are extremely disappointed. If he didn’t take a stand on what the Pakistani nation wants, then why he even bothered going there,” Imran was quoted by The News International.

“Iran should have been a part of the Islamic military alliance and the differences between Muslim countries must be bridged, not widened,” Khan added.

“The Pakistan PM wasn’t allowed to speak at the event, even as leaders of some small countries put forward their views on terrorism,” a report published in another Pakistan daily ‘The Nation’ said.

Imran Khan also lashed out at Nawaz Sharif for remaining silent when Trump spoke on isolating Iran, claiming that it funds arms, trains militias that spread terrorism and chaos, and pointed to Iran’s support for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad as he committed “unspeakable crimes”.

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