{"id":35146,"date":"2024-09-28T20:19:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T20:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=35146"},"modified":"2024-09-28T21:19:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T21:19:15","slug":"chill-of-a-new-cold-war-is-in-the-air-pakistan-leader-raises-gaza-kashmir-issues-at-un-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/chill-of-a-new-cold-war-is-in-the-air-pakistan-leader-raises-gaza-kashmir-issues-at-un-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Chill of a new Cold War\u2019 is in the air, Pakistan leader Raises GAZA & Kashmir Issues at UN Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"ISLAMABAD: – Pakistan\u2019s Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif told the UN General Assembly on Friday that with the world gripped by daunting challenges, from conflict to terrorism and climate change, \u201cwe feel the chill of a new Cold War.\u201d<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He expressed \u201csearing pain and anguish\u201d over the plight of the people in Gaza, stating, \u201cour hearts bleed as we witness the tragedy unfolding in the Holy Land, a tragedy that shakes the very conscience of humanity.\u201d<\/h5>\n
\u201cCan we, as human beings, remain silent while children lie buried under the rubble of their shattered homes?\u0650 Can we turn a blind eye to the mothers, cradling the lifeless bodies of their children?\u0650\u201d he asked, stressing that this is not just a conflict but a \u201csystematic slaughter of innocent people\u201d.<\/h5>\n
He emphasised that it is not enough to condemn the conflict, but rather there must be immediate action towards a two-State solution based on pre-1967 borders and full membership at the UN for Palestine.<\/h5>\n
Without such a solution, \u201c[the current conflict] threatens to drag the entire Middle East into a war, whose consequences could be grave and beyond imagination\u201d.<\/h5>\n
The Prime Minister of Pakistan likens the plight of the people of Palestine to those in Jammu and Kashmir where they have \u201cstruggled for a century for their freedom and right to self-determination\u201d.<\/h5>\n
He underscored that since 5 August 2019, India has initiated \u201cunilateral illegal steps to impose what its leaders ominously call a \u2018Final Solution\u2019 for Jammu and Kashmir\u201d with 900,000 Indian troops terrorising the people there through prolonged curfews, extra-judicial killings and the abduction of thousands of young Kahmiris.<\/h5>\n
In reaction to \u201cmassive expansion of its military capabilities which are essentially deployed against Pakistan\u201d, he asserted that \u201cPakistan will respond most decisively to any Indian aggression.\u201d<\/h5>\n
Turning to the increasing impacts of climate change, the Prime Minister said that while his country emits less than one per cent of carbon globally, it had to pay a very heavy price, including the $30 billion in damages from catastrophic floods two years ago.<\/h5>\n
\u201cWe must uphold the axiom: the polluter pays!\u201d he declared.<\/h5>\n
Additionally, nearly 100 developing countries are \u201ctrapped in a vicious cycle of debt and liquidity crisis\u201d, he said, naming it a \u201cdeath trap\u201d and recalling the Secretary-General\u2019s description of the international financial architecture as \u201cmorally bankrupt\u201d.<\/h5>\n
\u201cThe world trade and technology regimes must be reformed and aligned to promote development and global equity,\u201d he said.<\/h5>\n
\u201cWe must carry with us a message for our people that the weak are not voiceless, that the oppressed should not lose hope, that poverty is not preordained and that the Almighty’s promise of justice and equality in our only terrestrial home must be respected!\u201d he concluded.\"\"<\/h5>\n
Meeting with President Palestine:<\/strong> <\/em>Earlier on 26 Sep , Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly. Talking to media after the meeting, the Prime Minister\u00a0 strongly condemned the ongoing atrocities by the Israeli forces against the Palestinian people and called upon the world community to forge unity and demand an immediate ceasefire and the creation of the State of Palestine.<\/h5>\n
\u201cThe time has come when we all must come together and demand an immediate ceasefire and the creation of the State of Palestine as without that peace will not return in this part of the world,\u201d the prime minister said.<\/h5>\n
Speaking to reporters after his meeting with the Palestinian president, PM Shehbaz said he visited Mahmud Abbas to show Pakistan\u2019s complete solidarity with the people of Palestine. He reiterated the condemnation of the atrocities and genocide being committed by Israel in Gaza.<\/h5>\n
\u201cI am here to convey the feelings of the people of Pakistan that our hearts beat together,\u201d the PM remarked.<\/h5>\n
In his remarks, the Palestinian president said even since before 1948, Pakistan\u2019s position on Palestine had remained unchanged as Islamabad had extended the maximum possible support to the people of Palestine.<\/h5>\n

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