PM Narendra Modi hardtalk in Dhaka hits a nerve in Pakistan Senate: ‘hostile’

The resolution condemned the “disturbing pattern of provocative and hostile” statements by Indian leaders, including threats of attacks on Pakistani territory.

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The resolution said the Upper House of the Parliament “wishes to emphasise that Pakistan will never allow its territory to be violated by India under any pretext”.

Following the reported Indian military action in Myanmar on Tuesday, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore had said that the strike was a message to other countries — this was interpreted as a warning to Pakistan.

The Senate resolution stated that Pakistani armed forces were fully capable of giving a befitting response to any incursion and that its people stood shoulder to shoulder with their armed forces, Radio Pakistan reported.

Condemning the comments by Indian leaders, the resolution said such statements confirmed Pakistan’s apprehensions about India’s intention to destabilise the nation, the report said.

The House urged the international community to take note of such “provocative statements” which it said negatively affected the prospects for regional peace, sovereignty and stability, the report added.

The resolution said that when the entire Pakistani nation, particularly the armed forces, were engaged in a battle against terrorism, India’s “provocations” were a “crime against humanity” as it undermined the campaign and helped terrorists.

Concluding the Senate discussion, Haq also said that the statement of the Indian Prime Minister was against the UN Charter.

Haq alleged that India was making a “useless effort” to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council while “violating the UN Charter by carrying out human rights violations in Kashmir”.