Zardari to call on UN assembly to address anti-Islam film aftermath
Addressing a press conference, Ambassador Masood Khan, who has been nominated to be the next representative of Pakistan to the UN, said that the president would condemn the anti-Islam video. Zardari, who will address the UNGA on Tuesday evening, would “urge the international community to evolve an appropriate legislative framework to proceed against such acts,” said Khan.
Previewing the speech, the ambassador said the president would highlight the sacrifices made by Pakistanis in the fight against terrorism, and the efforts made in the past five years to strengthen Pakistan’s democratic institutions.
Ambassador Khan said the president would also highlight Pakistan’s major foreign policy initiatives, including reaffirming Pakistan’s support for the rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, “to choose their destiny by peaceful means and in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions.”
Ambassador Khan also said that in US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s meeting with President Zardari, ANP leader Asfandyar Wali said that “effective coordination” was needed to defeat terrorist attacks on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar, who also attended the meeting, said that they were making efforts to break the nexus between terrorists and criminals, and urged the US to invest in the education sector.
In response to a question, Ambassador Khan said that President Zardari also invited private investors to invest in Pakistan.
President Asif Zardari is also scheduled to meet the Chinese Foreign Minister and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Tuesday.
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When he actively presses blasphemy charges for burning the church, when he actively presses criminal charges against Mian Mithu for kidnapping and forced conversion of Rinkle Kumari, when he rmoves anti Ahmadi laws from Pakistani statute, when he prosecutes mullahs who call not just non-Muslim but also shia as kafir, when he removes laws against apostasy then he will have earned the right to speak about religious tolerance
After his inept handling of the matter you would think he would be embarrassed enough to let the matter drop. What responsible leader would call for a national holiday to protest this film knowing that violence was inevitable. What responsible govt would allow one of it's ministers to issue a bounty calling for the death of someone?
How about educating the population in Pakistan so they won't be infleunced by the ridiculous Mullah brigade?
As long as violence prevails and muslims get insulted when a lunatic insults them there nothing anyone in this world can do.
well cut the man some slack! Appreciate the good part that he is playing, however minor that may be.
Pakistan stand will mean nothing unless all Muslim countries join the chorus.
Zardari to call on UN assembly to address anti-Islam film aftermath.
North Korea to call on UN Assembly to address the on going forced conversion in Pakistan.
Iran to call UN Assembly to address the on going false blasphemy charges of Christans in Pakistan.
How about calling on the UN to send a team to Pakistan to investigate the $2.5 billion worth of his and his late wife's assets?