PM Kakar offers Juma prayers in Xinjiang’s Urumqi historic mosque
APP22-201023 URUMQI: October 20 - Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar offers Friday prayer at historic Yanghang Mosque. APP/MAF/FHA
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar offered Friday prayers in China’s Xinjiang province, as he became one of the few leaders of an Islamic nation to visit the region since more than a million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities there were swept into detention facilities.
Successive governments in Islamabad have refused to acknowledge evidence of the mass incarceration of Muslims by its key economic ally in a region that borders Pakistan.
آج جمعہ کی نماز چین کے صوبہ شنجیانگ کے شہر اُرمچی میں تاریخی مسجد میں ادا کرنے کا موقع ملا۔ pic.twitter.com/QryjZYnKAw
— Anwaar ul Haq Kakar (@anwaar_kakar) October 20, 2023
PM Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar travelled to China to take part in a summit hosted by President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week to celebrate his Belt and Road Initiative, a vast trade and infrastructure project.
On Friday, he offered prayers at the main mosque in the city of Urumqi, the capital of the northwestern region, and addressed a gathering of students and scholars.
