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Foreign Minister briefs Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on Kashmir and Foreign Policy challenges in 2021, presents Dossier on Indian state terrorism to Mushahid Hussain; Committee expresses solidarity with Kashmiri people and struggling Sikh farmers
Islamabad, January 28, 2021 (PPI-OT): The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee met under Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Chairman, Senate Foreign Affairs Committee in Parliament House where a detailed 3-hour long briefing was provided by Foreign Minister, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi to the Committee on the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir with reference to political prisoners, as well as Foreign Policy challenges for 2021.
FM Qureshi briefs Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on Kashmir
January 28, 2021
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee met under the Chairman Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed at the Parliament House in Islamabad on Thursday.
In the meeting, a detailed three-hour-long briefing was provided by the Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to the Committee on the situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) with reference to political prisoners, as well as Foreign Policy challenges for 2021.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the foreign minister presented the dossier on “Indian state sponsorship of terrorism and destabilization in Pakistan” to Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed who directed the Foreign Office for the wide dissemination of the dossier internationally.
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee wants govt to ensure that RSS-BJP nexus is fully exposed and penalised
Shia Muslims are detained by IIOJK police while trying to participate in a Muharram procession, in Srinagar, August 28, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday urged the government to raise the issues of grave human rights violations by India with US President Joe Biden s administration as well as at all international fora, particularly the UN Human Rights Council, the European Parliament and the European Union Court of Human Rights.
The committee stressed upon the government to ensure that the RSS, which is the mainstay of Indian state extremism and terrorism, was fully exposed and penalised at all international fora.
JKCHR hails Senate body’s session on Kashmir
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January 23, 2021
LONDON: The Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights (JKCHR) has hailed the decision of Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs to hold an in-camera meeting on January 27 on the human rights situation in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and the plight of Kashmiri prisoners in Tihar and other jails of India.
The meeting would be held a day after when India would have celebrated her Republic Day and the people of Jammu and Kashmir would have observed it as a “Black Day”.President JKCHR Dr Syed Nazir Gilani dispatched a letter to the Senate committee chairman, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, saying the honourable members of the committee would set the compass correct to serve the people during the most difficult times ahead.
Senate Chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani on Tuesday said Pakistan has decided to increase its diplomatic missions in African countries in addition to opening its embassy in Djibouti. AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani on Tuesday said Pakistan has decided to increase its diplomatic missions in African countries in addition to opening its embassy in Djibouti.
The decision has been taken under “Engage Africa Policy”, he said during a meeting with African Union Parliament acting Chairman and President Djibouti National Parliament Mohamed Ali Houmedat Parliament House.
The Senate chairman said the exchange of parliamentary delegations would steer the agenda for enhanced economic, political and defence cooperation, not only between the Pakistan and Djibouti but also with other African countries.