Kuala Lumpur summit (1).

Byline: Muhammad Aqeel - Lahore

THE Kuala Lumpur summit was a great initiative by Muslim leaders to discuss the ongoing crisis in the Muslim world. But, unfortunately, Prime Minister Imran Khan did not attend it. After his one-day trip to Saudi Arabia he decided not to participate in the moot.

The move was strongly defended by the foreign minister who said the prime minister would not attend the summit to show neutrality. The government has already shown its bias in favour of the Saudi-led bloc.

This will harm our relations with other Muslim countries. It would have been a diplomatic victory had the government attended the meeting and...

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