{"id":315307,"date":"2019-09-28T07:11:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T07:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=315307"},"modified":"2019-09-28T07:11:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T07:11:09","slug":"imran-khans-threat-remark-brinkmanship-not-statesmanship-india-slams-pakistan-at-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/imran-khans-threat-remark-brinkmanship-not-statesmanship-india-slams-pakistan-at-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran Khan’s threat remark \u2018Brinkmanship not Statesmanship\u2019: India slams Pakistan at UN"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan\u2019s threat of\u00a0unleashing nuclear devastation qualifies as brinksmanship, not statesmanship,\u00a0India said on Saturday while exercising its right of reply to the statement made by Imran Khan at\u00a0United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)\u00a0on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEvery word spoken from the podium of this august Assembly, it is believed, carries the weight of history. Unfortunately, what we heard today from Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan was a callous portrayal of the world in binary terms. Us vs Them; Rich vs Poor; North vs South; Developed Vs Developing; Muslims vs Others. A script that fosters divisiveness at the United Nations. Attempts to sharpen differences and stir up hatred, are simply put \u2013 \u2018hate speech\u2019,\u201d First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Vidisha Maitra said.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maitra said that rarely had the General Assembly witnessed such misuse, rather abuse, of an opportunity to reflect.Words matter in diplomacy. Invocation of phrases such as \u201cpogrom\u201d, \u201cbloodbath\u201d, \u201cracial superiority\u201d, \u201cpick up the gun\u201d and \u201cfight to the end\u201d reflect a medieval mindset and not a 21st century vision.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Imran Khan during his maiden speech at the 74th UN General Debate on Friday said, “If a conventional war starts between India and Pakistan, anything could happen. But supposing, a country seven times smaller than its neighbour is faced with the choice -either to surrender of fight. We will fight?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEven coming from the leader of a country that has monopolized the entire value chain of the industry of terrorism, Prime Minister Khan\u2019s justification of terrorism was brazen and incendiary.\u00a0For someone who was once a cricketer and believed in the gentleman\u2019s game, today\u2019s speech bordered on crudeness of the variety that is reminiscent of the guns of Darra Adam Khel, she added.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She further said, \u201cNow that Prime Minister Imran Khan has invited UN Observers to Pakistan to verify that there are no militant organisations in Pakistan, the world will hold him to that promise.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She said a few questions that Pakistan can respond to as a precursor to the proposed verification,<\/span><\/p>\n

Can Pakistan confirm the fact that it is home to 130 UN designated terrorists and 25 terrorist entities listed by the UN, as of today? Will Pakistan acknowledge that it is the only Government in the world that provides pension to an individual listed by the UN in the Al Qaeda and Da\u2019esh Sanctions list!<\/span><\/p>\n

Can Pakistan explain why here in New York, its premier bank, the Habib Bank had to shut shop after it was fined millions of dollars over terror financing? Will Pakistan deny that the Financial Action Task Force has put the country on notice for its violations of more than 20 of the 27 key parameters?<\/span><\/p>\n

And would Prime Minister Khan deny to the city of New York that he was an open defender of Osama bin Laden? She added.<\/span><\/p>\n

She said Pakistan is a country that has shrunk the size of its minority community from 23 per cent in 1947 to 3 per cent today and has subjected Christians, Sikhs, Ahmadiyas, Hindus, Shias, Pashtuns, Sindhis and Balochis to draconian blasphemy laws, systemic persecution, blatant abuse and forced conversions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTheir newfound fascination for preaching human rights is akin to trophy hunting of the endangered mountain goat \u2013 markhor,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPogroms, Prime Minister Imran Khan Niazi, are not a phenomenon of today\u2019s vibrant democracies. We would request you to refresh your rather sketchy understanding of history. Do not forget the gruesome genocide perpetrated by Pakistan against its own people in 1971 and the role played by Lt. Gen A A K Niazi,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n

She further said, \u201cPakistan\u2019s virulent reaction to the removal of an outdated and temporary provision that was hindering development and integration of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir stems from the fact that those who thrive on conflict never welcome the ray of peace. While Pakistan has ventured to upstream terrorism and downstream hate speech there, India is going ahead with mainstreaming development in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maitra said, \u201cThe mainstreaming of Jammu & Kashmir, as well as Ladakh, in India\u2019s thriving and vibrant democracy with a millennia-old heritage of diversity, pluralism and tolerance is well and truly underway. Irreversibly so.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCitizens of India do not need anyone else to speak on their behalf, least of all those who have built an industry of terrorism from the ideology of hate,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan\u2019s threat of\u00a0unleashing nuclear devastation qualifies as brinksmanship, not statesmanship,\u00a0India said on Saturday while exercising its right of reply to the statement made by Imran Khan at\u00a0United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)\u00a0on Friday. \u201cEvery word spoken from the podium of this august Assembly, it is believed, carries the weight of history. Unfortunately, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":315308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[574,48,5165,11828],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315307"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315309,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315307\/revisions\/315309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/315308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}