Take Modi to ICJ over Bangladesh claim, Senate asks govt
By Ijaz Kakakhel

ISLAMABAD: The Upper House of parliament was informed on Monday that the government would continue raising the issue of India’s hostile designs on Pakistan at every forum.

While addressing Senate, Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said that in light of recent events in India, like the murder of a Muslim man by a mob of Hindu extremists over false allegation of beef consumption, that country’s claims to secularism lie exposed before the world. He assured the senators that the government would continue to expose the real aims of India at all international forums. The Senate held a discussion on confession of Hindu nationalist Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bangladesh that India played a role in breaking Pakistan, referring to the secession of East Pakistan. Senators suggested the government file a case against Modi in International Court of Justice.

However, Aziz said that it involves legal aspect and the government can “examine” this suggestion. However, he did not clarify whether Pakistan will file a case or not. The adviser said Modi had issued the aforesaid statement in Dhaka and the Foreign Office condemned it while inviting the attention of the international community to the matter. Two days later, on June 11, the National Assembly passed a unanimous resolution against Modi’s statement, he added. The issue was also raised at every available forum, and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif particularly mentioned it in his speech to UN General Assembly.

“We have also handed over three dossiers of RAW’s involvement in Karachi, FATA and Balochistan,” Aziz said. Rehman Malik of the PPP, who had moved the motion for a discussion over the issue, said Modi’s statement in Dhaka is a fit case for International Court of Justice. He called Modi “chief terrorist” while lamenting at the fact that the world did not take notice of his statement the way it does when it comes to other issues, particularly 9/11. PML-Q’s Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed said Modi’s statement was not ordinary, as he had expressed joy over the breakup of a neighboring country in which his country’s army had a role.

“The mindset of Indian establishment has not changed even after so many years,” Hussain said as he referred to recent statements of senior government officials threatening Pakistan of unrest and breaking away Balochistan.

Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk

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