UN won’t be a silent spectator in case of ‘bloodbath’ in Kashmir: FM Qureshi

NEW YORK (92 News) – Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the United Nations would not be able to remain a silent spectator in case of ‘bloodbath’ in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K). Talking exclusively to 92 News on Friday, he said that Alice Wells had issued a statement regarding lifting of the curfew in Kashmir. “Had the world not impressed there would have not been the statement of Alice Wells,” he said. The foreign minister said that Pakistan wants to give the message that the world cannot remain non-committal. “A clear message of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) has come. India seems to be in a defending position,” he said. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the countries having sympathies with India are also advising it to review its decisions. “The speech of Prime Minister Imran Khan is the record of the United Nations. The objective of launching a joint TV channel is to show the world our narrative and a true face of Islam,” he said. Earlier talking to the President of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad-Bande in New York, Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that Pakistan accords high importance to the poverty alleviation agenda, as testified by the launch of "Ehsaas" as a landmark poverty alleviation programme. He expressed the hope that Tijjani Muhammad-Bande's presence would help bring new dynamism to the important office through his focus on poverty alleviation and conflict resolution. The foreign minister added that South Asia faced serious threats to its peace and security owing to the non-resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, and needed international community's proactive involvement in the conflict resolution process. The United Nations Security Council reform process also came under discussion during the meeting. Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that Pakistan supported a more democratic, representative, accountable, and transparent Security Council, achieved through a consensual and broad-based process that enjoyed the widest possible support of UN Members.