{"id":4299,"date":"2018-10-27T11:41:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T11:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2018\/10\/27\/pak-refrains-raising-uighur-issue-china\/"},"modified":"2018-10-27T11:41:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T11:41:05","slug":"pak-refrains-raising-uighur-issue-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/pak-refrains-raising-uighur-issue-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Pak refrains from raising Uighur issue with China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px !important; padding-top: 2px !important; padding-bottom: 2px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 12px !important;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><a class=\"storyTags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=pakistan\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(37, 145, 220); outline: 0px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pakistan&nbsp;<\/a>has refrained from raising the issues surrounding Uighur Muslims in its meeting with China&#8217;s top&nbsp;<a class=\"storyTags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=diplomat\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(37, 145, 220); outline: 0px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diplomat&nbsp;<\/a>earlier in the week, even after worldwide criticism of China&#8217;s alleged abuse of Uighur Muslims in the&nbsp;<a class=\"storyTags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=xinjiang\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(37, 145, 220); outline: 0px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xinjiang&nbsp;<\/a>Province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px !important; padding-top: 2px !important; padding-bottom: 2px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 12px !important;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">According to Arab News, Pakistan&#8217;s&nbsp;<a class=\"storyTags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=minister\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(37, 145, 220); outline: 0px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minister&nbsp;<\/a>for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Noorul Haq Qadri said that the Uighur issue was not discussed.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-middle-banner\" data-google-query-id=\"CKHVrIq5pt4CFUuZsgod_NYIoA\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1490771277198-0\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; height: 0px;\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6516239\/outofpage_1x1_desktop_0__container__\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0pt; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"1\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6516239\/outofpage_1x1_desktop_0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6516239\/outofpage_1x1_desktop_0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: bottom;\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px !important; padding-top: 2px !important; padding-bottom: 2px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 12px !important;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pakistan&#8217;s reluctance to raising the issue of the Uighur community, in spite of widespread criticism, could be seen as a result of its growing proximity to&nbsp;<a class=\"storyTags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=china\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(37, 145, 220); outline: 0px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px !important; padding-top: 2px !important; padding-bottom: 2px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 12px !important;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Qadri further said that the meeting focused on measures for the constitution of an exchange program for moderate Islamic scholars, adding that a Memorandum of Understanding would soon be signed on the exchange of scholars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px !important; padding-top: 2px !important; padding-bottom: 2px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 12px !important;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">So far, no official statement pertaining to the meeting has been issued by the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px !important; padding-top: 2px !important; padding-bottom: 2px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 12px !important;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Divulging excerpts from the meeting,&nbsp;<a class=\"storyTags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=ministry+spokesperson\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(37, 145, 220); outline: 0px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ministry spokesperson&nbsp;<\/a><a class=\"storyTags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=imran+siddique\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(37, 145, 220); outline: 0px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imran Siddique&nbsp;<\/a>told Arab News, &#8221; China&#8217;s enemy is Pakistan&#8217;s enemy and that&nbsp;<a class=\"storyTags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=pakistan\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(37, 145, 220); outline: 0px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pakistan&nbsp;<\/a>has also taken a clear stance on the economic corridor and maintained that&nbsp;<a class=\"storyTags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=islamabad\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(37, 145, 220); outline: 0px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamabad&nbsp;<\/a>will not compromise on the project.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px !important; padding-top: 2px !important; padding-bottom: 2px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 12px !important;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Uighurs are a majority in the&nbsp;<a class=\"storyTags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=xinjiang\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(37, 145, 220); outline: 0px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xinjiang&nbsp;<\/a>province, situated in the western part of&nbsp;<a class=\"storyTags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=china\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(37, 145, 220); outline: 0px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China&nbsp;<\/a>and is officially designated as an autonomous region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px !important; padding-top: 2px !important; padding-bottom: 2px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 12px !important;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Many international human rights <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">organisations<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> have accused&nbsp;<a class=\"storyTags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=china\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(37, 145, 220); outline: 0px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China&nbsp;<\/a>of cracking down on the Uighurs by sending them to mass detention camps, interfering in their religious activities and sending the minority community to undergo forceful re-education or indoctrination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"auto_disclaimer\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px !important; padding-top: 2px !important; padding-bottom: 2px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 12px !important;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px !important; padding-top: 2px !important; padding-bottom: 2px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 12px !important;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Source: Business Standart<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&nbsp;has refrained from raising the issues surrounding Uighur Muslims in its meeting with China&#8217;s top&nbsp;diplomat&nbsp;earlier in the week, even after worldwide criticism of China&#8217;s alleged abuse of Uighur Muslims in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-4299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4299"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}