Senate session: Cutting across party lines, senators denounce ‘Indian aggression’
Upper house also condemns ouster of democratically-elected govt in Egypt.
PHOTO: AFP/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The upper house of parliament passed a unanimous resolution on Monday condemning the “unprovoked Indian aggression across the Line of Control (LoC)”.
Leader of the House Raja Zafarul Haq, who belongs to the PML-N, moved the resolution in the Senate which stated that Pakistan would not tolerate any aggression or threat to its sovereignty. “We want friendly relations with all our neigbours but we will not tolerate any aggression on the sovereignty of Pakistan,” he said.
All senators voted in favour of the resolution. The house also unanimously adopted a resolution, moved by PPP Senator Raza Rabbani, condemning the ongoing violence and toppling of the democratically elected government in Egypt.
Speaking on Indian aggression, PML-Q Senator Kamil Ali Agha said it has been a practice by successive governments in India, regardless of their party affiliations, to make up false stories about Pakistan and present them as facts before the world.
“It’s a pity that we’ve not been able to effectively counter India’s propaganda and its malicious campaign,” said Agha. He added that India was building illegal reservoirs on the rivers depriving Pakistan of its due share of irrigation water according to the Indus Waters Treaty.
“Recently, India resorted to violence by letting floodwater into the rivers that devastated crops on thousands of acres of land in Pakistan,” he said.
Senator Agha went on to criticise the Saudi Arabian government’s role in the Egypt crisis. “We should have also adopted a resolution against it.”
Jinnah Avenue incident
Senator Agha who also took Interior Minister to task and held him responsible for the Jinnah Avenue incident.
Referring to the minister’s press conference following the incident, Senator Agha asked Nisar to resign because he had failed to provide security to the people.
Leader of the Opposition Aitzaz Ahsan said the interior minister should be called to make a statement in the house. The leader of the house assured the lawmakers that the interior minister has agreed to brief them about the incident on Tuesday.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 20th, 2013.
The upper house of parliament passed a unanimous resolution on Monday condemning the “unprovoked Indian aggression across the Line of Control (LoC)”.
Leader of the House Raja Zafarul Haq, who belongs to the PML-N, moved the resolution in the Senate which stated that Pakistan would not tolerate any aggression or threat to its sovereignty. “We want friendly relations with all our neigbours but we will not tolerate any aggression on the sovereignty of Pakistan,” he said.
All senators voted in favour of the resolution. The house also unanimously adopted a resolution, moved by PPP Senator Raza Rabbani, condemning the ongoing violence and toppling of the democratically elected government in Egypt.
Speaking on Indian aggression, PML-Q Senator Kamil Ali Agha said it has been a practice by successive governments in India, regardless of their party affiliations, to make up false stories about Pakistan and present them as facts before the world.
“It’s a pity that we’ve not been able to effectively counter India’s propaganda and its malicious campaign,” said Agha. He added that India was building illegal reservoirs on the rivers depriving Pakistan of its due share of irrigation water according to the Indus Waters Treaty.
“Recently, India resorted to violence by letting floodwater into the rivers that devastated crops on thousands of acres of land in Pakistan,” he said.
Senator Agha went on to criticise the Saudi Arabian government’s role in the Egypt crisis. “We should have also adopted a resolution against it.”
Jinnah Avenue incident
Senator Agha who also took Interior Minister to task and held him responsible for the Jinnah Avenue incident.
Referring to the minister’s press conference following the incident, Senator Agha asked Nisar to resign because he had failed to provide security to the people.
Leader of the Opposition Aitzaz Ahsan said the interior minister should be called to make a statement in the house. The leader of the house assured the lawmakers that the interior minister has agreed to brief them about the incident on Tuesday.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 20th, 2013.