Pakistan not to welcome any UN group in future

Senator Rabbani asks foreign, interior ministries to abstain from backing international intervention in local issues.


Sumera Khan September 25, 2012

ISLAMABAD:


The Parliamentary Committee on National Security has decided that in the future no United Nations group would be allowed to visit Pakistan to discuss “sensitive issues”.


The committee took the decision on Monday at a meeting chaired by Senator Raza Rabbani. The decision came following a recent visit to Pakistan by the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances.

Senator Rabbani asked the foreign and interior ministries to abstain from welcoming international intervention in local issues, sources privy to the committee meeting told The Express Tribune. 

He was happy that the UN team was not entertained by the military leadership; saying that such a meeting would have been unnecessary.

The committee had earlier expressed serious concerns over the arrival of the UN group in Pakistan. The group has been criticised for not presenting a lucid agenda.

‘No disparity’

Senator Rabbani strongly criticised the UN group for its desire to meet with military officials. Meetings with the civilian leadership should have sufficed, he added. Any meeting with the military brass was not a part of the UN group’s itinerary.

Quashing rumours of a clash of state institutions, Senator Rabbani said, “I want to dispel the impression that there are any disparities between the political and military leaderships.”

Monday’s meeting was convened by Senator Rabbani to shape up recommendations over missing persons and have a detailed briefing from the Foreign Office and interior ministry over the UN group’s visit.

In its last meeting the parliamentary committee had summoned Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar for a briefing on the UN group’s visit. The two ministers, however, did not show up.

Senator Rabbani said the committee would finalise its recommendations over the recovery of missing persons in its next meeting slated for the third week of October.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 25th, 2012.

COMMENTS (32)

alakanuk | 11 years ago | Reply

the difference between kashmeer valley and philisteen on one hand and pakistan as a whole is this. in case of kashmeer valley and philisteen despite the anarchy and disatisfaction the population is increasing, infact more than doubled in past 60 years. of course that does not apply to kashmiri pundits. and if we were to go into it further, the populace of jammu and that of laddakh does not want to have anything to do with the separatism except oppose it tooth and nail. in case of pakistan, 60 years back the minorities made anything between 25 to 30 percent of the population. hindus and sikhs comprised nothing less than 16 percent and that is the most conservative estimate. today they are less than 2 percent. where did they go? doesn't darfur ring a bell here? may be not, more in line with tibet but there too such dramatic change in just half a century hasn't occured. now for a zealot and a bigot these may be a matter of pride, or something to ignore or deny but a muslim not merely in name but deed too will hang his head in shame. the promise he makes allah that all of allah's subject are brethrens, the weaker and their interest will be protected at any cost is not merely broken, it is trampled upon and butchered. a believer is not interested in scoring brownie points against other humans. he is answerable only to one almighty. and his preoccupation is how will he answer, will by counting others follies lessen his own sins. point to ponder, ain't it?United Nations’ Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances

Malik Baloch | 11 years ago | Reply

They want to hide their criminal activities ,It is simple .

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