Thursday 14 January, 2021 | 12:50 PM
NEW DELHI: Pakistan has proposed an action plan at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to tackle what it calls “violent extremist supremacist groups”, including the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), claiming the organisation poses a “clear and present danger” to international peace and security.
“These violent extremist supremacist groups pose a clear and present danger to regional and international peace and security,” government-operated news agency Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) quoted Munir Akram, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) as telling the panel. The 15-member council had convened on January 12 to review global cooperation in combating terrorism.
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The same list, that has on its roll Pakistani terrorist nationals including Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. Many of them responsible for terror attacks in India, including the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks for which Islamabad has yet to take action.
India has continued its focus on Afghanistan at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) even as China once again played games at the top UN body.
China, which is one of the Permanent Five or P5 members of the body, prevented India from heading the UNSC 1267 (ISIL (Da esh) and Al-Qaida) Sanctions committee that lists international terrorists.
The same list, that has on its roll Pakistani terrorist nationals including Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. Many of them responsible for terror attacks in India, including the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks for which Islamabad has yet to take action.
Karim Khalili Calls on Pakistani Foreign Minister
The Pakistani special envoy for Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq, in a tweet said top Afghan political figure Mohammad Karim Khalili who also chairs the Hizb-e Wahdat-e Islami party called on foreign minister Shah Mehmoud Qureshi Tuesday morning in Islamabad. Photo: Social Media
“FM [foreign minister] reiterated Pakistan’s consistent support for a peaceful, stable and prosperous Afghanistan,” Mohammad Sadiq, the Pakistani special representative to Afghanistan took to Twitter.
According to Mr. Sadiq, foreign minister Qureshi and his country had constantly emphasized that there was no “military solution” for Afghanistan war, but “a negotiated settlement was the only way forward.”
China stoops to a new low, blocks India s entry at key sanctions committee of UNSC
China, which is one of the Permanent Five, prevented India from heading the UNSC 1267 Sanctions committee that lists international terrorists. It is not the first time China has created problems for India at UNSC. (File photo)
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Updated: Jan 12, 2021, 04:45 PM IST
India has continued its focus on Afghanistan at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) even as China once again played games at the top UN body. China, which is one of the Permanent Five or P5 members of the body, prevented India from heading the UNSC 1267 (ISIL (Da esh) and Al-Qaida) Sanctions committee that lists international terrorists. The same list, that has on its roll Pakistani terrorist nationals including Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. Many of them responsible for terror attacks in India, including the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks for which Islamabad has yet to take action