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Pakistan PM says no recognition of Israel until agreement with Palestinians

Prime Minister Imran Khan said Pakistan will not recognize Israel until there is a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses the legislative assembly in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on August 5, 2020, to mark the one-year anniversary after New Delhi imposed direct rule on Indian-administered Kashmir. - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on August 5 branded India an "oppressor and aggressor" a year after New Delhi imposed direct rule on Indian-administered Kashmir. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has hinted that the South Asian country is being pressured to recognize Israel. However, according to him, Pakistan has no plans to establish relations with the Jewish state.

In an interview with a Pakistani television station on Thursday, Khan dodged a question on whether Pakistan is being pressured by Muslim states to establish relations with Israel.

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