Qureshi urges India to immediately withdraw the discriminatory citizenship act.

ISLAMABAD -- Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has urged India to immediately withdraw the discriminatory citizenship act.

Talking to the media persons on Tuesday, he emphatically stated that Pakistan will raise its voice against this controversial act at every forum. He said the legislation is against the minorities especially the Muslims.

The foreign minister said that several organizations working for religious freedom have also expressed their reservations against the Indian legislation. Shah Mahmood Qureshi said India stands divided on the contentious legislation. Five Indian states including Delhi government have also refused to implement the new citizenship act.

He said India is faced with a constitutional crisis and the situation there is deteriorating. The situation that we used to see in occupied Kashmir is now prevalent in entire India. The Foreign Minister also lamented the use of force against the peaceful protestors raising voice against the legislation. He said the way...