Murad asks opposition not to become stooges of anti-Pakistan lobbies.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed on Thursday asked the opposition parties not to become stooges of anti-state elements, who were out to defame Pakistan.

Such elements did not want Pakistan to flourish and progress under the able leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan and the opposition leaders were furthering their cause like puppets, he said while addressing here a press conference.

Murad Saeed alleged that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif had been meeting with anti-Pakistan lobbyists, who were working under a greater game plan of India and Israel to defame Pakistan.

Likewise, he said, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman also held meetings with foreigners. He questioned the Maulana as to why he was against the merger of erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. To which party Ajmal Qadri (who had visited Israel during Nawaz's government) belonged to?

The minister said Abdul Basit, who was Pakistan's ambassador to India during the last PML-N government, had stated Nawaz's sons had made him many calls for issuance of secret visa to Sajan Jindal.

Nawaz Sharif, he added, during his visit to India as prime minster did not meet the Hurriyat leaders in order to please the Indian rulers.

Murad Saeed said a disinformation and fake propaganda campaign being carried out Indian against Pakistan had been exposed by the EU Disinfo Lab. It had fully dented the so-called pride of Indians, who were now biting dust.

He said the EU Disinfo Lab in its report revealed that more than 750 Indian websites had been operational in 119 countries for about 15 years with the sole agenda of defaming Pakistan. It had fully exposed India's conspiracies against Pakistan.

Prime Minister Imran Khan, he said, had also exposed the ugly face of India at...

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