Pakistan on Sunday denied rumors of trade with Israel following a Jewish businessman's tweet about successfully exporting food samples to Jerusalem and Haifa.
Fishel Benkhald, a Pakistani Jew based in the southern port city of Karachi, went viral for tweeting about his first kosher food shipment to Israel. The two countries do not have diplomatic ties.
"Congratulations to me as a Pakistani. I exported the first batch of Pakistan food products to Israel market," he said last week.
Benkhald shared a video clip showing his visit to an Israeli market. He walks past stalls with containers of dates, dried fruit and spices with product tags in Hebrew.
Pakistan denied having any diplomatic or trade relations with Israel. "There is no change in the policy," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch told media in response to queries about bilateral trade.
(Associated Press)