Calls for unbiased Palestine state n FO says Pakistan can be a sufferer of terrorism n Home laws, judicial verdicts can’t over-ride UNSC resolutions n COAS go to to US to advertise cooperation n No talks with TTP n Kartarpur hall stays open.
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan yesterday demanded that Israel should be held accountin a position for the continued brutalities in Palestine.
Talking at a weekly information briefing right here, Overseas Workplace spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch mentioned Pakistan remained deeply involved over the ongoing marketing campaign of brutality and large-scale bloodbath unleashed upon the Palestinian folks.
“We strongly condemn Israel’s ongoing struggle on hospitals and its barbarous bulldozing of tents within the courtyard and neighborhood of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza that crushed to loss of life quite a few Palestinians together with girls, youngsters and wounded sufferers beneath remedy. The crimes in opposition to humanity in occupied Palestine are a haunting stain on the conscience of humanity. Pakistan requires holding Israel accountable for its actions and the us to take fast efficient motion to impose a ceasefire and carry the inhumane siege in opposition to Gaza. The query of recognizing Israel isn’t even a think aboutation,” she mentioned.
Baloch mentioned Pakistan was additionally deeply involved over the recent statements made by senior Israeli officers rejecting creation of a viable and unbiased Palestinian state. “Such statements, particularly the feedback on the ‘Oslo Accords,’ replicate the true intentions of the Israeli occupation authorities, their disregard for Worldwide legislation and commitments and rejection of a simply decision of the Palestinian query,” she mentioned. She mentioned, “Pakistan firmly believes that the one simply resolution to the Palestinian query is the creation of an unbiased, viable, sovereign and contiguous Palestinian State alongside pre-June 1967 borders with Al-Quds-Al-Sharif as its capital.”
She added: “We’ll continue to help worldwide efforts to convey an finish to Israel’s ongoing marketing campaign in opposition to the Palestinian folks. Pakistan will, subsequently, take part within the “Consultative Convention on Palestine” scheduled to happen in Tehran, on 23rd of December, 2023. We’ll share extra particulars sooner or later.”
To a query, the spokesperson mentioned Pakistan was a sufferer of terrorism. “We’ve mentioned on a number of events that Pakistan is anxious that Indian webwork of terrorism, abductions and assassinations has broadened globally, past South Asia, the place it was already fairly entrenched. Pakistan has been a sufferer of terrorism from individuals and entities supported by Indian intelligence businesses. And we even have concrete evidence that Indian officers, including Commander Kulbhushan Yadav, have been concerned in espionage and equally subversive actions inside Pakistan,” she elaborated.
She mentioned final week, Overseas Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani had addressed letters to the chiefship of the United Nations, Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the European Union, inviting their consideration to the illegality of the current judgment by the Supreme Court docket of India on the standing of Indian Unlawfully Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). In these letters, she mentioned, the Overseas Minister has underscored that beneath internationwide legislation, home legislation and judicial verdicts can’t over-ride UNSC resolutions and alter the standing of an internationally-recognized disputed territory. Baloch mentioned the Foreign Minister has known as on the UN Safety Council to make sure full implementation of its resolutions on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute; and to induce India to finish its grave and systematic human rights violations in IIOJK and to reverse all its unlawful and unilateral actions in IIOJK undertaken since 5 August 2019.
“Pakistan will proceed to exhave a tendency political, diplomatic and ethical help to our Kashmiri brothers and sisters for the simply and peaceable settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN Security Council Resolutions,” she mentioned. Baloch mentioned this month, Pakistan’s Excessive Fee in New Delhi issued 166 visas to Indian Hindu pilgrims for visits to Shree Katas Raj Temples in Punjab and for participation in annual Celebrations at Shadani Darbar Hayat Pitafi, Sindh.
She mentioned Pakistan additionally issued visas to 3000 Sikh pilgrims from India on the event of the 554th Birthday Celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak this month to go to Pakistan from 25 November to 04 December 2023.
“Below the Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Non secular Shrines of 1974, Pakistan welcomes and facilitates hundreds of Sikh and Hindu pilgrims from India to go to Pakistan to attend varied non secular festivals and events yearly. The issuance of pilgrimage visas is consistent with Pakistan’s dedication to facilitate visits to non secular shrines and promote interfaith concord. This yr, 6824 visas had been issued to Indian pilgrims visiting Pakistan,” she defined. She mentioned Pakistan was deeply involved in regards to the possession and use of contemporary sophisticated arms and weapons by TTP, which is a listed group, listed terrorist group.
“The risk that it poses requires collaborative motion by the worldwide neighborhood and collaborative methods to neutralize this risk. We’ll proceed to work in the direction of this finish,” she added.
With reference to the visit of Chief of Military Workers General Asim Munir to the USA, she mentioned, the go to was within the context of selling beneathstanding and cooperation between Pakistan and the USA within the realm of safety and defence and there have been detailed discussions between the 2 sides.
She mentioned there have been no talks going down between the State of Pakistan and TTP. “Our subject proper now that we’re specializing in is the motion that the Afghan authorities should take in opposition to TTP parts and rein them in in order that the phobia risk in opposition to Pakistan from the Afghan soil is eradicated,” she mentioned.
So far as the query referring to the US help is anxious, she mentioned, Pakistan had been in talks, not simply with the United States, however with many countries around the globe, by way of enhancement of Pakistan’s capability to battle terrorism and these talks have continued.
“Equally, Pakistan has been engaged with the neighbours of Afghanistan to assist convey peace, stability and prosperity to Afghanistan. We’ve no designs to create difficulties for the people of Afghanistan.