Is Pakistan going to recognize Israel? PM Imran Khan puts rumors to rest

• "There has to be a homeland for Palestinians before Pakistan can recognise Israel," the PM said.

Putting all rumors to rest, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that there has to be a homeland for Palestinians before Pakistan can recognise Israel.

Speaking at Asia Society, New York, the premier was asked whether Pakistan forming relations with Israel was on cards, the premier said that he had no idea where these rumors were coming from. "Pakistan has a very straight forward position. The founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam was very clear that there has to be a just settlement, homeland for Palestinians before Pakistan can recognise Israel,"

‘There has to be a homeland for Palestinians before Pakistan can recognise Israel’ - PM Imran Khan

New York visit is going to be PM’s most successful, diplomatically. He played on every side elegantly and winning again with straight answers. Proud of you! pic.twitter.com/cqNl5jh0LT

— Sameena E. (@SameenaERana) September 27, 2019

Earlier in September, rumors surfaced after a detailed article published in an Israeli paper Haaretz. The article stated,"Prime Minister Imran Khan and his military backers are giving unprecedented freedom to a highly-censored media to talk about establishing relations with Israel, 14 years to the day since the countries’ only public bilateral meeting, are conditions now ripe for a formal move?"

However, the Foreign Office made it clear that there was no move under way to recognise Israel. FO Spokesperson Mohammad Faisal termed it as baseless propoganda. "There is no change in our policy. Our policy of non-recognition of Israel remains unchanged," he said in a presser.