Foreign powers trying to destabilize Pakistan, warns FM Qureshi.

MULTAN -- Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday warned that some foreign powers were trying to destabilize Pakistan, media reported.

Talking to journalists in Multan today, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the hostile forces wanted to weaken the country internally. The foreign forces hatching conspiracies to fan extremism and sabotage peace and unity in the country, he added. The foreign minister said they have to foil their nefarious designs.

Responding to a question, he said that the government wanted open ballot elections to maintain transparency in the Senate election.

Earlier on January 18, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had said that India had bent up destroying the regional peace.

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