Cuban ambassador offended over federal minister’s “ridiculous” assertion

At a media speak on Sunday, Iqbal had stated that Pakistan needed to grow to be a powerful nation for which it wanted a powerful financial system and positioning with the worldwide financial system.

He stated he didn’t need Pakistan to show into Cuba or North Korea. “We’ve got to set Pakistan on the trail of [development, like] Malaysia, Turkey, China and South Korea,” the minister had added.

Responding to Iqbal’s feedback at present, Caro tweeted, “Thankfully, Minister Ahsan Iqbal’s disrespectful point out of Cuba in his press convention in Lahore doesn’t characterize and has nothing to do with Pakistanis’ true respect and deep affection for Cuba.”

Earlier, journalists and activists on Twitter had additionally criticised the minister for his remarks, recalling Cuba’s help for Pakistan in robust occasions.

Zebunnisa Burki, a journalist, stated somebody wanted to elucidate primary historical past to Iqbal. “He appears to suppose Cuba = North Korea,” she added.

One other journalist Murtaza Solangi remarked that Pakistan would all the time stay “grateful to the heroic individuals of Cuba”.

In the meantime, activist Ammar Ali Jan demanded an apology from Iqbal.

Following the Cuban ambassador’s tweet, the federal minister took to Twitter and clarified that his remarks have been “solely within the context of overseas coverage”.

“We’ve got deep respect for the individuals of Cuba and our deep affectionate relations with Cuba,” Iqbal stated, including that Pakistan could not overlook how Cuban docs performed a heroic function through the aftermath of 2005 earthquake in Pakistan.