Senate, NA pass unanimous resolutions condemning Indian statements

Published June 11, 2015
Raja Zafarul Haq said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statements  conflict with the United Nations Charter. ─ Online/File
Raja Zafarul Haq said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statements conflict with the United Nations Charter. ─ Online/File

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Thursday passed a unanimous resolution strongly condemning recent provocative statements made by Indian leaders, including the threat of attacks against Pakistani territory.

A report on Radio Pakistan said the resolution, which was moved by Leader of the House Raja Zafarul Haq, said Pakistan rejected India's hegemonic mindset.

The resolution said that the House emphasises that Pakistan would never allow its territory to be violated by India under any pretext, and that Pakistan's armed forces are capable of issuing a befitting response to any such incursion.

The resolution stated that India's statements confirmed the Pakistani government's apprehensions about Indian intentions to destabilise the country, and that the people of Pakistan stand shoulder to shoulder with their armed forces.

The Upper House of Parliament urged the international community to take notice of India's provocative statements, which did not bode well for regional peace and affected prospects of sovereignty and stability.

The resolution stated the Indian provocations which undermined Pakistan's anti-terror campaign are also aiding and abetting terrorists fighting in Pakistan.

Upon conclusion of the discussion, Raja Zafarul Haq said Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's statements are in conflict with the United Nations Charter.

He said India is, on one hand, needlessly exerting itself to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) while it continues thwarting the UN Charter by carrying out human rights violations in Kashmir.

NA passes unanimous resolution condemning Indian statements

The National Assembly on Thursday passed a unanimous resolution moved by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar condemning 'irresponsible and hostile statements' against Pakistan made by Indian ruling leadership, reported Radio Pakistan.

The resolution said that Pakistan would never allow any country to violate its territory under any pretext, and that the people of Pakistan and the armed forces are capable of protecting sovereignty and territorial integrity, and would give a befitting response to any threat from India.

The NA, through the resolution, urged the international community ─ specifically the UN ─ to take notice of Indian leadership's provocative statements, which are a threat to regional peace and stability.

The resolution said that these statements called into question India's professed desire to establish neighbourly relations with Pakistan.

The Lower House took exception to Modi's statements during his visit to Bangladesh where he acknowledged the Indian government's involvement in East Pakistan in 1971, and the resolution noted that such statements confirmed Pakistan's belief of past and present Indian involvement in the destabilisation of Pakistan.

The resolution said it was ironic that Modi was trying for Indian membership of the UNSC, as India is in violation of long-standing UNSC resolutions regarding the issue of Kashmir, and had interfered in the internal affairs of other states in violation of the UN Charter.

It also expressed regret over Modi's attempts at stoking hatred against Pakistan in Bangladesh, and said that attempts to 'sow seeds of discord' between the Pakistan and Bangladesh would not succeed.

Both resolutions were passed a day after top Pakistani government officials, including Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali, spoke out against recent Indian statements.

Nisar on Wednesday said Pakistan should not be mistaken for Myanmar, adding “our armed forces are fully capable of responding to any foreign aggression and Indian leaders should stop daydreaming”.

Read more: Pakistan is not Myanmar, will respond to foreign aggression, Nisar tells India

Following a rare cross-border attack conducted by the Indian Army in Myanmar on Tuesday, Junior Minister for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in a press briefing on Wednesday said that based on intelligence "we will carry out surgical strikes at the place and time of our own choosing".

"Western disturbances will also be equally dealt with," the information minister said when asked if attacks could be carried out on the western (Pakistan) border.

Read more: India will carry out military strikes at any 'place and time', says minister

Narendra Modi in a June 7 address at Dhaka University blamed Pakistan for spreading terrorism and fear in India, saying "Every now and then Pakistan keeps disturbing India, creates nuisance, promotes terrorism and such incidents keep recurring."

Previously, Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, in a shocking and radical statement, had asserted that terrorists have to be neutralised only through terrorists.

“India will take proactive steps to prevent a 26/11 type attack,” Press Trust of India had quoted him saying.

Read more: Modi blames Pakistan for spreading terrorism in India

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