Pakistan’s former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri on Tuesday said he would continue to push for Jinnah House to be made the Pakistani consulate in Mumbai – a move initiated by former Pakistani president Parvez Musharraf before his summit meeting with then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Agra in 2001.
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Kasuri arrived here on a short visit to Mumbai when he attended an event on Monday evening to release his new book, “Neither a Hawk nor a Dove: An Insider Account of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy”.
“The event is going to take place at 5:30pm at Nehru Centre, despite the threats we’ve received from Shiv Sena”, Kulkari told the media.
Amid Islamabad voicing concern over attempts to disrupt functions featuring prominent Pakistanis, India said it does not need a lecture from Pakistan and can look after any shortcomings.
On Monday, Kulkarni was assaulted by Shiv Sena members and his face blackened outside his home in Sion area of Mumbai.
He said that a few elements were deliberately poisoning the minds of people in both the countries.
Kasuri, who later participated in a panel discussion, sought to explain the reason behind Pakistan’s dialogue with separatist Hurriyat Conference leaders in Kashmir.
“I came here as a messenger of peace but faced protests yesterday”.
Asked if he knew if wanted underworld don Dawood Ibrahim was in Pakistan, Kasuri said, “I have no idea where he is”.
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Referring to the charge against his country of abetting terrorism, he said, “There is no scope for non-state actors today in Pakistan”.
