The Senate Standing Committee on Commerce and Textile on Friday unanimously passed a resolution condemning the long-standing and the most escalation genocide in the Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) as a gross violation of all UN and international conventions on human rights.
The committee through the resolution urged the international community in general, and the global leadership in particular to take strict notice of the sustained killing, rape and arson across the occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir, with particular focus on the recent use of cluster bombs along the LoC.
The resolution also reaffirmed its unconditional support for the Kashmiri people and condemned the move by India to unilaterally alter the special status of Kashmir. It wholeheartedly supported the decision of the government of Pakistan to suspend all bilateral trade and commercial activities with India, and invest the committee’s confidence in any such decisions by Pakistan in support of the innocent victims of IHK. The committee stressed upon the member nations of the UN to declare India as a rogue member whose intentions indicate that it does not stand for regional stability and world peace, which goes against the very charter of the UN.
The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Senator Mirza Muhammad Afridi here at the Parliament House on Thursday and was attended among others by Senators Aurangzeb Khan, Nauman Wazir Khattak and officials from the ministry. The meeting was given a briefing on order worth $1 billion received from China for import of sugar, yarn and rice. Members of the committee were of the view that whenever those in position of policy decisions are in consultations with foreign delegations on the matters of exports and imports or trade any and all commitments they make should be based on informed opinion and they should not give statements off the cuff and should give consideration to consulting the stakeholders first. The committee was told that there is no hiccup in export office but some problems are being faced in yarn export.
The committee also strongly recommended conducted a thorough study as to what are Pakistan’s requirements from our Free Trade Agreements, which countries fulfil our requirements best and then sign FTAs with those countries.
Separately, the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs in its meeting on Friday strongly condemned the illegal actions by the Indian government regarding IHK through a unanimous resolution.
Regarding recent announcements by the Indian Government on the annexation of IHK, the committee resolved to categorically reject India’s illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional attempt at altering the demography of Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir.
Summarily demand India to immediately reverse these wrong steps which jeopardize the peace and stability of South Asia. Emphatically denounce India’s blatant violation of international law and direct contravention of the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council on the Jammu & Kashmir dispute.
