Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to the “One China” policy, expressing Islamabad’s principled support to Beijing on the Taiwan issue and calling the island nation an integral part of China.
“Pakistan has always extended its principled support for China’s position in Taiwan and will continue to do so. Pakistan follows the ‘One China’ policy,” Prime Minister Shehbaz said in a previous tweet.
The prime minister reiterated the Chinese government’s support for Pakistan’s efforts towards national reunification, saying the election or transition of the self-proclaimed government in Taiwan does not change the objective facts of the Taiwan issue.
A Chinese policy, Prime Minister Shehbaz, is an important aspect of Beijing’s policy-making and diplomacy, and a key pillar of its relationship with the United States, meaning that only the Chinese government diplomatically endorses and supports Beijing’s position.
According to the above policy, countries that want to establish diplomatic relations with China cannot maintain relations with Taiwan, which, according to Beijing, is part of mainland China.
Elections or self-proclaimed government transitions in Taiwan do not change the objective facts of the Taiwan issue, he said.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday met Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders to discuss the federal government’s budget for the fiscal year 2024-25, which will be presented next month.
Raja Pervez Ashraf PPP, Sindh Chief Minister Myrat Ali Shah, Sheri Rehman and Naveed Qamar, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Advisor to Prime Minister on Political and Public Affairs Rana Sanaullah, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar attended the meeting. attended. Information Minister Ataullah Tarar also discussed the current political situation in the country.
The federal government will present the budget for the next financial year on June 7 – however, the government has not officially announced when the budget will be announced.
It comes as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz lacks the required numbers in the National Assembly to pass the budget on its own and needs the support of the PPP to pass the budget.
The two parties agreed to join forces with the PML-N-backed PPP to elect Shehbaz as the country’s prime minister after the February 8 elections, replacing several constitutional posts such as Senate chairman, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab governor.
