ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly and Senate on Thursday adopted unanimous resolutions vehemently condemning irresponsible and hostile statements by Indian ministers and ruling party members against Pakistan. The resolutions were moved in the National Assembly by Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar while in the Senate by Leader of the House, Raja Zafarul Haq. The resolution says: "The National Assembly vehemently condemns the irresponsible and hostile statements against Pakistan from the Indian ruling leadership. The statements called into question India's desire to establish good neighbourly relations with Pakistan."
It took serious notice of the statements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Bangladesh in which he acknowledged Indian government's conspiracy and involvement in the events of 1971 in the then eastern province of Pakistan. "Such statements confirm Pakistan's belief about past and present Indian involvement in destabilising Pakistan," the resolution said.
The resolution noted the irony in Prime Minister Modi's efforts to make a case for India's permanent membership of United Nations Security Council since India has been violating the UNSC's long standing resolution on Jammu & Kashmir, as well as interfering in the internal affairs of other states in contravention of the UN Charter. Deploring over the Indian prime minister's statements which he made in Bangladesh to stoke hatred against Pakistan, the NA resolution said: "Indian attempts to sow seeds of discord between the peoples of Pakistan and Bangladesh will not succeed."
Reaffirming Pakistan's firm resolve to never allow any country to violate its territory under any pretext, the NA members resolved: "The people of Pakistan and the Armed Forces are fully capable of protecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Pakistan and give a benefiting response to any threat from India."
The NA members, through the unanimously adopted resolution, urged the international community, particularly the United Nations, to take notice of such provocative statements by Indian political leadership as they not only negatively impact, but are a direct threat to prospects for regional peace and stability.
Meanwhile, the Senate passed a unanimous resolution, condemning the hostile statements by Indian leaders against Pakistan, saying such statements are not only undermining Pakistan's anti-terror campaign, but also tantamount to aiding and abetting the terrorists fighting against Pakistan. The resolution moved by Leader of the House, Raja Zafarul Haq, was unanimously adopted after a detailed debate on the statements of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his recently concluded visit to Bangladesh in which he said that India was involved in the events of 1971. The recent statement of India information minister of threatening Pakistan of strike inside its territory also came under discussion, with a warning that it is the wishful thinking of the Indians to destabilise Pakistan but we know how to respond to our enemy.
"This house condemns the recent disturbing pattern of provocative and hostile statements from Indian leaders, including threatening strikes against Pakistan territory. Such crude attempts by India are trying to bully and browbeat Pakistan are unacceptable and Pakistan rejects this hegemonic mindset," says the resolution.
Emphasising that Pakistan would never allow its territory to be violated by India under any pretext, the Senate's resolution said: "The Pakistan Armed Forces are fully capable to give a befitting response to any incursion and Pakistani people stand shoulder to shoulder with their armed forces. Such statements confirm Pakistan' apprehensions about India's ill intentions to destabilise Pakistan," the resolution said.
The house urged the international community to take note of such provocative statements, which negatively impact on the prospects for regional peace, sovereignty and stability. "At a time when the entire Pakistani nation, particularly the Armed Forces are engaged in the battle against terrorism, Indian provocations are not only undermining Pakistan's anti-terror campaign, but are actually ending up aiding and abetting the terrorist fighting against Pakistan," the resolution concluded.
Leader of Opposition in the Senate, Chaudhary Aitzaz Ahsan, said that both India and Pakistan should think that they are inseparable neighbours, adding it is a bad luck that in 2013 Pakistan had a prime minister, who is soft-spoken, while on the other side, a hard-liner is leading. Referring to statements made by Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, he said they should avoid such provocative statements against India, adding we should be soft and media should also go a bit slow.
Leader of the House Raja Zafarul Haq said that India was not ready to accept the very existence of Pakistan, adding such conditions shouldn't prevail between the two nuclear states. He said that nuclear weapons also create balance of power as both countries avoid such controversies. "India claims of taking open credit of 1971 incident which is violation of the UN Charter and this a question mark whether India should be given permanent membership of the UN Security Council who has been involved in such acts in the past and also violating human rights in India," he added. The federal minister for environment Senator Mushahidullah Khan said that hands of Indian Prime Minister were stained in blood as his involvement in shameful incidents like Samjohta Express, adding insecure and coward people usually give such statements.