Key points
- Condemns holding of Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance by India
- Describe it as a crime against humanity
- Asks India to abandon terrorism as a tool of its foreign policy
- We do not export terrorism, but we are the victims of terrorism: Bilawal
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former foreign minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday said that Pakistan’s resolve to fight was for freedom and not for conflict, local media reported.
Speaking on a motion regarding India’s provocative actions following Pahalgam incident in the National Assembly of Pakistan, Bilawal asked India to abandon terrorism as a tool of its foreign policy, state-run Radio reported.
He said India is carrying out terrorism in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). He said India perpetrates terrorism through proxies not only on our soil, but its hands are also stained with blood from Sri Lanka to Canada and beyond.
Victims of terrorism
The PPP chairman said Pakistan has no hand in Pahalgam incident as we do not export terrorism, but we are the victims of terrorism, Radio Pakistan reported.
He said the people of Pakistan are not made to kneel and that they have the resolve to fight as they love freedom.
The PPP chairman also condemned holding of Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance by India describing it as a crime against humanity.
Bilawal categorically stated that Kashmir is not India’s territory. He demanded that the people of Kashmir should be given the right to self-determination.
Expressing regret over India’s belligerent posture, Bilawal said Pakistan’s restraint should not be taken as its weakness. He said our armed forces are vigilant, resolute and prepared. Our skies are guarded, our borders are sealed by our valour and our nation stands united to respond to any aggression.
