ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday said that the myth of Indian democracy was fully exposed to the world due to the rising human rights violations and hate crime against minorities in that country.
This was stated by Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal while responding to questions during weekly news briefing in Islamabad Thursday.
The spokesperson said the religious intolerance and extremism in India was no secret to the world as was evident from the reports by the international human rights organisations and media.
He said Indian atrocities continued in Occupied Kashmir in complete disregard of international covenants and in violation of United Nations resolutions on the issue.
He said Pakistan had always welcomed efforts and offers for solution of the Kashmir dispute and believed the dispute could be resolved by implementing the UN resolutions on the issue.
To a question, Dr Faisal said Pakistan’s Foreign Policy was guided by a vision of peaceful and friendly neighborhood and it believes in immense power with an absolute sense of responsibility.
Responding to a question about Afghanistan, the Foreign Office spokesperson said that Pakistan had always stressed for an Afghan led peace initiative for peace and stability in the region.
He said the Quadrilateral Coordination Group was also aimed at facilitating and encouraging an Afghan led peace process and dialogue between Afghan government and Taliban.
To another question, Dr Faisal said Pakistan had taken necessary steps to secure its border with Afghanistan. He said during recent high level interactions all important issues have been discussed with the United States.
Regarding border fencing with Iran, the spokesperson said construction of any fence would be within the parameters of the bilateral agreement.
To a question about controversy regarding a Facebook post about Bangladesh, he said Pakistan was committed to the spirit of tri-partite agreement of 1974 which was the cornerstone of Pakistan’s relations with Bangladesh.
The Foreign Office summoned the High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Islamabad on Thursday to register protest against “the use of undiplomatic language” by Dhaka following a video controversy.
Published in Daily Times, November 3rd 2017.
