Islamabad: Days after Pakistan openly expressed support for US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday took a U-turn by reversing Islamabad’s stance.

Dar claimed that the 20-point plan unveiled by Trump did not align with the draft proposed by the Muslim nations, local media reported.

“I made it clear that the 20 points that President Trump made public are not ours. Changes were made to our draft. I have the record,” leading Pakistani daily Dawn quoted Dar as saying while speaking on the floor of the National Assembly on Friday.

“This is the end result, and there is no room for politicking,” he added.

Dar’s remarks came after a recent statement by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif endorsing Trump’s pl

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