Pakistan Rejects ‘Baseless’ Inclusion to U.S. Child Soldier Recruitment List
In statement, Foreign Office calls upon American authorities to review assertions of TIP report
Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Friday categorically rejected the country’s “unsubstantiated and baseless” inclusion to the U.S.’ Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) list, urging Washington to review the “baseless” claims of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report.
“Pakistan does not support any non-state armed group; nor any entity recruiting or using child soldiers,” read the statement issued by spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri. “Pakistan’s efforts in fighting non-state armed groups including terrorist entities are well recognized. The inclusion of Pakistan in the ‘CSPA List’ depicts a factual error and lack of understanding,” it said, adding that no Pakistani institutions had been consulted prior to the publication of the report, nor were “any details provided of the basis
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Pakistan Rejects India Allegations of ‘Cross-Border Infiltration’
Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri. Courtesy Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Office spokesperson rebuts with allegations of Delhi’s actions in India-held Kashmir threatening regional peace
Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Thursday “categorically rejected the allegations of any cross-border infiltration,” adding that regional peace and security was solely threatened due to India’s “brutalization of Kashmiri people.”
In a statement, spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri urged Delhi to resolve the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions, and its own pledges to the international community and the Kashmiri population. “India’s illegal and unilateral actions of Aug. 5, 2019 in India-held Kashmir were against international law and manifestly anti-peace,” he said. “The movement against the Indian occupation and its state-spo