By Our Diplomatic Correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on National Security Dr Moeed Yusuf on Sunday said India was conspiring against Pakistan in Afghanistan whereas Pakistan wanted peace in the region. Pakistan believed in and abides by international law and it’s goal was peace on the borders and in the region, the SAPM said in his exclusive interview with Turkey’s Anadolu News Agency which was his second interview with foreign journalist after Karan Thapar of India.
Dr Moeed said they had a comprehensive security policy aimed at human security and well-being.
“It is the responsibility of the United Nations to fulfill its promise on the Kashmir issue. Kashmiris are disappointed on the non-implementation of UN resolutions.”
He added that India needed to take the right steps to resolve the Kashmir issue as peace in the region would depend on India’s move in the right direction.
“Pakistan will continue to actively believe in its position and legitimate demands to the world.”
The SAPM said there were three pillars of Pakistan’s vision: regional peace, transit and development partnership.
He underscored that Pakistan was open to provide economic bases to the whole world.
Dr Moeed said India’s foreign policy revolved around harming Pakistan.
He regetted that when it came to the matter of West Pakistan, it was observed that the Western media was misrepresenting Pakistan on the issue.
“Kashmir is more of human rights dispute than the land dispute.”
Western media was reprimanding India for human rights violations in Kashmir, he added.
He went on to mention that Pakistan stood for peace and dialogue in principle while it was the responsibility of the whole world to resolve Kashmir issue.
Earlier, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Security Moeed Yusuf on Sunday urged the United Nations to fulfill its promises on the Kashmir issue.
In an interview with Turkish media, Moeed Yusuf said that Kashmiris were disappointed over the non-implementation of the UNSC resolutions on the issue.
He said India needed to take the right decision to resolve the decades-old conflict.
Responding to a question, Moeed Yousuf said that peace in the region depended on the resolution of the longstanding dispute.
He maintained that Pakistan will continue to sensitize the world about the Kashmir situation and will present its narrative effectively at every forum.
The special assistant said that India was using Afghan soil for subversive activities inside Pakistan, adding the New Delhi’s foreign policy revolves around harming Pakistan.
Replying to another question, Moeed Yousuf said that Pakistan was ready to provide economic bases to the entire world.
Earlier on February 5, as part of Pakistan’s sustained diplomatic outreach, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had approached the president of the Security Council and UN Secretary General to apprise them of India’s continuing gross and systematic violations of human rights in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
In his letter, he had underscored that all unilateral and illegal measures taken by India in the occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir in violation of international law, including relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and the 4th Geneva Convention, such as changes in the demographic structure, usurpation of land and farcical “elections”, were null and void.
