The response given to India in the war will always be remembered in history; We are ready for talks; Prime Minister.
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 26 (APP):Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that having won the war against India in May this year, Pakistan now desired to win peace as it believed peaceful settlement of disputes, through dialogue and diplomacy.
Addressing the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session here, the prime minister said that during his previous address at the forum, he had warned the world of Pakistan’s most decisive action against any external aggression.
“Those words proved true, when, in May this year my country confronted unprovoked aggression from our eastern front. The enemy came shrouded in arrogance; we sent them back in humiliation,” the prime minister said.
He said that India sought to extract political gains from a human tragedy by spurning his offer of an independent investigation into the Pahalgam incident and instead attacked Pakistani cities and targeted innocent civilians.
Pakistan, he said rendered a befitting response against violation of its territorial integrity and national security, in accordance with the inherent right of self-defence, under Article 51 of United Nations Charter.
“Our valiant armed forces, under the stellar leadership of Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, mounted an operation of stunning professionalism and bravery. Repulsing the enemy’s attack, under Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Babar Sidhu, our falcons took flight and etched their answer across the skies resulting in seven of the Indian jets turned to scrap and dust, a decisive response to the aggressor that will echo through the annals of history,” the prime minister said.
He also paid tribute to the armed forces and heirs of the martyrs especially their mothers as their courage and the resilient nation for standing as a one unbreakable wall, a Bunyan Um Marsoos.
He said despite being in the position of strength, Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire, facilitated by President Donald Trump’s bold and visionary leadership that averted a more threatening, a full-fledged and catastrophic war between the two nuclear powers.
He also spoke highly of the diplomatic support to Pakistan by China, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Azerbaijan, Iran, UAE, and the UN Secretary-General.
At UNGA, PM pushes for world peace; vows to protect Pakistan’s water rights; shows readiness for dialogue with India.
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 26 (APP):Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday, highlighting the human rights violations in Kashmir and Palestine and condemning terrorism, reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to peace and dialogue but vowed to resolutely defend the nation against any external aggression or India’s usurpation of water rights.
The prime minister, in his 25-minute address at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly here, encompassed all national, regional, and international issues, including the recent Pakistan-India war, Kashmir, Palestine, terrorism, Afghanistan, ongoing floods in Pakistan and multilateralism.
PM Shehbaz, who spoke for the third time to the 193-member world body, began his remarks highlighting the world’s complexities like intensifying conflicts, violation of international laws, humanitarian crises, disinformation, arms race, emerging technologies and climate chang.
PM says Gaza atrocities stain on global conscience; welcomes recognition of Palestine by states.
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 26 (APP):Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday welcomed the recognition of the State of Palestine by a number of countries recently and urged others to follow suit, saying that Pakistan was among the first to recognize Palestinian statehood in 1988.Addressing the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Session here, the prime minister highlighted that the plight of the Palestinian people, was one of the “most heart-wrenching” tragedies of our times.
“This prolonged injustice, is a stain on the global conscience, and our collective moral failure,” the prime minister said.
In the West Bank, he said each passing day brought new brutality, illegal settlers who terrorize and kill with impunity.
He added that Israel’s genocidal onslaught in Gaza had unleashed unspeakable terror upon women and children in a manner not witnessed in decades, perhaps ever.
He condemned the Israeli leadership for unleashing a shameful campaign against the innocent Palestinians, which history would always remember as one of its darkest chapters.
He condemned the killing of young girl Hind Rajab in an Israeli attack. Likening her to a daughter, he expressed shared global grief for failing her, drawing parallels to his anguish over carrying the coffin of seven-year-old Irtaza Abbas, killed in a recent India-Pakistan clash.
“Can you imagine that little girl—Hind Rajab—as if she were your daughter? … My agony, and the agony of the entire Muslim Ummah, indeed, I think the agony of all nations on the planet is that we failed Hind Rajab and she will not forgive us in this world and the world hereafter… We cannot – we must not, fail these children of Gaza, or any child anywhere—we must find a path to a ceasefire.”
Reiterating Pakistan’s support for the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state, with pre-1967 borders, and Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, he said Palestine must be liberated as it could no longer remain under Israeli shackles.
Prime Minister Shehbaz welcomed the recognition of the State of Palestine by a number of countries recently and urged others to also follow suit, besides thanking President Trump for inviting Arab-Islamic states for a consultative session at the United Nations, which rekindled hope for a ceasefire in the near future.
Calling Israel’s recent attack on Doha a reflection of “rogue” behavior, the prime minister told the world leaders that Pakistan also supported all efforts for a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict, in line with the UN Charter, to end human suffering, and global turmoil, caused by the protracted war.
