LAHORE, Dec 14: The PML-N has held the Foreign Office responsible for the Security Council resolution banning some Pakistani relief organisations by branding them terrorist networks. It has also taken exception to the United Nation’s haste in passing the resolution.

Speaking at a press conference here on Sunday, Foreign Affairs Coordinator Muhammad Mahdi criticised permanent ambassador to UN Hameed Haroon’s performance, who said that the Security Council did not take him on board while passing the resolution.

The PML-N leader regretted that the Foreign Office had failed to properly interact with China as for the first time the country’s time-tested friend did not stand for Islamabad at the UN body. Saying the country’s diplomatic front had been quite weak for long, he demanded a complete overhauling of the missions abroad and setting their direction right.

Recalling that Hyderabad Deccan (India) issue was pending with the Security Council since 1947, he said the Mumbai attackers had claimed to be hailing from the so-called Deccan Tigers. He said the UN should first get implemented its earlier resolutions on Kashmir and Palestine before going for pressing its member states to impose new ones.

Referring to violation of air space by Indian warplanes, he said New Delhi was encouraged by Islamabad’s inaction on continuing drone attacks by the United States. Mr Mahdi sought that the government like New Delhi should immediately move the UN on the issue.

When his attention was drawn towards President Asif Zardari’s statement that violation was a result of a technical fault, he said the fault could not occur twice in a day. He said the government was not on the same wavelength with the people on drone attacks and air space violations by India.

He told a questioner that had the PML-N been in power, its stance would have been in harmony with that of the masses.

Answering a question, he said US-India nuclear agreement had changed balance of power in the region and it might destabilise South Asia.