A Beggared Pakistan To Show Solidarity With Malaysia By Buying More Palm Oil !!
In a retaliation to a gross utterances of Malaysian Prime Minister on an Act passed by the Parliament of India, general restrictions were placed on refined palm oil imports from Malaysia. Govt of India informally asked traders specifically to stop buying from Malaysia, the world’s second-biggest producer and exporter of the edible oil.
India has repeatedly objected to Mahathir speaking out against creation of the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladhak. In spite of it the Malaysian PM once again opened his mouth to insult the Indian Parliament over the passing of the Citizen Amendment Act, which makes it easier for non-Muslims from neighbouring Muslim-majority Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan to gain Indian citizenship.
The Malaysian PM refused to listen to India’s request to stop interfering. However when India stopped Palm oil import then only they realized the gravity of the situation but now it will take a long time for the relations to back to normal.
So sensing an opportunity, Imran Khan of Pakistan has jumped into the fray. Khan said that he will do his best to buy more palm oil from Malaysia after top buyer Indiahas put curbs on such imports last month.
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad also said he discussed palm oil with Khan – in Malaysia on a state visit – and that Pakistan had indicated it would import more from Malaysia.
“That’s right, especially since we noticed India threatened Malaysia for supporting the Kashmir cause, threatened to cut palm oil imports,” Khan told a joint news conference, referring to India’s Muslim-majority region of Kashmir.
“Pakistan will do its best to compensate for that.”
Pakistan bought 1.1 million tonnes of palm oil from Malaysia last year, while India bought 4.4 million tonnes, according to the Malaysian Palm Oil Council.
However the rest of the World is surprised as to how Pakistan can afford to buy any extra palm oil, as it has no money in its coffer. Till now Khan has been running around with a begging bowl.
The former cricketer said he was sad he could not attend a summit of Muslim leaders in Malaysia in December. The summit was outside the ambit of the Saudi-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and Saudi Arabia – a close ally of Pakistan – had said the gathering was “dividing” to the Islamic world.
“Unfortunately our friends, who are very close to Pakistan as well, felt that somehow the conference was going to divide the ummah,” Khan said, using the Arabic word for the Muslim community but not mentioning Saudi Arabia by name.
“It’s is clearly a misconception, as that was not the purpose of the conference,” he said.
Khan also said Malaysia and Pakistan were working on a joint media project to broadcast a positive image of Islam, fight Islamophobia and develop content for young Muslims.
