Close X
Friday, November 15, 2024
ADVT 
National

Pakistan Parliament Passes Anti-india Resolutions, Nawaz Sharif Says Ties Hampered

Darpan News Desk IANS, 11 Jun, 2015 11:18 AM
    Terming the recent statements by the Indian leadership as “irresponsible”, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that the atmosphere for relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours has been hampered even as the country's parliament passed resolutions against India.
     
    “Recent statements by Indian ministers have hampered our relations with India,” the premier said while addressing journalists at the foreign office, Radio Pakistan reported.
     
    “Despite these statements, we will continue our efforts towards good neighbourly relations but they need to be reciprocated,” Sharif maintained.
     
    “The entire nation is dismayed over these irresponsible and imprudent statements by the Indian leadership,” Sharif added.
     
    The premier’s comments came during a time of constant verbal exchanges between the two countries. Indian Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore warned that the Indian strikes in Myanmar were a message to all countries, including Pakistan and groups harbouring “terror intent” and that India would strike at a “place and time” of its choosing.
     
    “Pakistan will protect its territory at all costs and this message should be heard loud and clear,” Sharif reaffirmed.
     
    “Externally sponsored violence poses as a great threat to the country,” he said.
     
     
    “I told the UN secretary general that early implementation of their resolutions is incumbent,” Sharif said regarding his meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during his visit to Tajikistan.
     
    “Kashmir cannot be relegated to backburner of history,” he added.
     
    Earlier, the Pakistani parliament unanimously passed resolutions condemning recent anti-Pakistan statements made by the Indian leadership.
     
    A resolution was tabled in the National Assembly by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. Addressing the assembly, Dar said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi openly accepted India’s role in breaking up Pakistan in the 1971 war, Geo News reported.
     
    Dar urged the UN to take notice of the Indian leadership’s “hateful” statements, adding that Pakistan was continuously working to establish peace in the region, but foreign hands were involved in terrorism and suicide bombings in Pakistan to sow instability in the country.
     
    The Indian prime minister’s statement of admission made this clear, he added.
     
    The Senate or the upper house also approved a resolution against statements made by the Indian leadership.
     
    The Senate resolution was tabled by Leader of the House, Senator Raja Zafar ul Haq. The resolution likened Modi’s statements to an attack on Pakistan. It reiterated that the Pakistan Army was fighting a war against terrorism and was fully prepared to respond to any form of aggression.
     
    The response comes in light of the Indian prime minister's statements relating to the 1971 war during his visit to Bangladesh earlier this month.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Industry Minister James Moore Says Decision To Grant Escorted Outings To Child Killer An Insult

    VANCOUVER — A senior federal cabinet minister has launched a scathing attack on a review board's decision to grant escorted outings to a British Columbia man who killed his three children.

    Industry Minister James Moore Says Decision To Grant Escorted Outings To Child Killer An Insult

    Jury To Begin Deliberating On Two Accused Of Plotting To Bomb B.C. Legislature

    B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bruce finished delivering her legal instructions to jurors on Saturday evening and they were to begin deliberations Sunday morning.

    Jury To Begin Deliberating On Two Accused Of Plotting To Bomb B.C. Legislature

    Alberta Will Ban Menthol Tobacco Sales In Four Months To Curb Youth Smoking

    Alberta Will Ban Menthol Tobacco Sales In Four Months To Curb Youth Smoking
    Health Minister Sarah Hoffman says stores in the province will be allowed to sell menthol flavoured tobacco until the end of September in order to clear their stock, but after that it will be illegal.

    Alberta Will Ban Menthol Tobacco Sales In Four Months To Curb Youth Smoking

    Toronto Film Fans Clogging Streets Overnight For Epic 'Suicide Squad' Film Shoot

    Toronto Film Fans Clogging Streets Overnight For Epic 'Suicide Squad' Film Shoot
    TORONTO — For days — nights, really — Toronto's iconic Yonge Street was lined by mobs of giddy gawkers who felt like they'd wandered into the panels of a comic book.

    Toronto Film Fans Clogging Streets Overnight For Epic 'Suicide Squad' Film Shoot

    British Royal Succession Law Will Be Contested In Quebec Court Starting Monday

    British Royal Succession Law Will Be Contested In Quebec Court Starting Monday
    MONTREAL — The birth of Prince George before his sister Charlotte averted the need for a major change in British tradition.

    British Royal Succession Law Will Be Contested In Quebec Court Starting Monday

    RCMP Officers Criticize Roll Out Of Carbines A Year After Three Officers Killed

    RCMP Officers Criticize Roll Out Of Carbines A Year After Three Officers Killed
    RCMP officers who raced to a New Brunswick neighbourhood under siege by Justin Bourque say the force has failed to supply them with recommended guns and training, months after a report urged the organization to do just that.

    RCMP Officers Criticize Roll Out Of Carbines A Year After Three Officers Killed