Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday tasked PPP Chairman and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to present Pakistan\u2019s \u201ccase for peace\u201d on the global arena in the aftermath of the recent military escalation with India.<\/p>\n
The military confrontation between India and Pakistan came as tensions over last month\u2019s Pahalgam attack continued to build up. On the night of May 6-7, New Delhi launched a series of air strikes in Punjab and Azad Kashmir, resulting in civilian casualties. Islamabad responded by downing five Indian jets.<\/p>\n
After intercepting drones sent by India and tit-for-tat strikes on each other\u2019s airbases, it took American intervention on May 10, when tensions between the two countries peaked, for both sides to finally drop their guns as a ceasefire was reached. India has since continued its aggressive posturing even as Pakistan has warned against any further military aggression and offered talks.<\/p>\n
The military flare-up saw China expressing solid diplomatic support to Pakistan, but there wasn\u2019t a country other than Israel to stand with India without hyphenating it with Pakistan. Reports said a day ago that finding itself friendless in the conflict, India has started taking revenge on countries who helped Islamabad in the recent military flare-up.<\/p>\n
Amid the current situation, Bilawal posted on X that he was contacted earlier today by the prime minister who requested that the former top diplomat \u201clead a delegation to present Pakistan\u2019s case for peace on the international stage\u201d.<\/p>\n
Bilawal said he was honoured to accept the responsibility and remained committed to serving the country in \u201cthese challenging times\u201d.<\/p>\n
The PPP said the committee would also \u201cinform the international community about Indian aggression and its false propaganda\u201d.<\/p>\n
The government has yet to share more details on who else would be included in the delegation and which specific countries would be engaged.<\/p>\n
In a similar development, the Indian government announced that seven all-party delegations would visit key partner countries, including members of the UN Security Council, later this month to present the country\u2019s stance on terrorism and \u201cproject India\u2019s national consensus\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cMembers of parliament from different parties, prominent political personalities and distinguished diplomats will be part of each delegation,\u201d said a press release from India\u2019s Press Information Bureau.<\/p>\n
It said the following Indian lawmakers would lead the seven delegations: Indian National Congress\u2019 Shashi Tharoor; Bharatiya Janata Party\u2019s Shankar Prasad and Baijayant Panda; Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam\u2019s Kanimozhi Karunanidhi; Janata Dal-United\u2019s Sanjay Kumar Jha; Nationalist Congress Party\u2019s Supriya Sule and Shiv Sena\u2019s Shrikant Eknath Shinde.<\/p>\n
Pakistan has said Britain and other countries, in addition to the United States, played a major role in de-escalating the fighting. Diplomats and analysts say the ceasefire remains fragile.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump said after the ceasefire was struck that talks should take place in a third-country venue but no dates or location for the talks have been announced.<\/p>\n
PM Shehbaz\u2019s peace offer
\nA day ago, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif offered India to sit for a comprehensive dialogue to settle contentious issues, including Kashmir and joi\u00adntly fight terrorism, remi\u00adnding New Delhi that the neighbouring countries fought three wars in the past and gained nothing but miseries of the people.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter settling disputes like Kashmir and water distribution, we can talk on trade and counter-terrorism as Pakistan is the worst affected country by terrorism which lost 90,000 lives and over $150 billion economic losses,\u201d PM Shehbaz said while addressing a ceremony marking Youm-i-Tashakur (Thanks\u00adgiving Day) at Pakistan Monument.<\/p>\n
Addressing the ceremony, PM Shehbaz had said, \u201cWe have won the war but we want peace. We have taught our enemy a lesson but we condemn aggression. We want this part of the world to be as prosperous and progressive as others through hard work, undying efforts and living like peaceful neighbours.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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