Pakistan has called for \u201cintervention\u201d from global powers in resolving key issues with India amid ongoing tensions, members of a high-level delegation presenting Islamabad\u2019s stance said on Sunday after landing in London.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, Pakis\u00adtan launched a broad-based engagement campaign in the United States to present its perspective on the recent conflict with India, and counter New Delhi\u2019s growing lobbying presence there. As part of its global outreach, the team has arrived in London and will also visit Brussels.<\/p>\n
The delegation comprises former foreign ministers Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Hina Rabbani Khar and Khurram Dastgir; Senators Sherry Rehman, Musadik Malik, Faisal Subzwari and Bushra Anjum Butt; along with senior envoys Jalil Abbas Jilani and Teh\u00admina Janjua.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe resistance we faced is that the Americans think that since [US] President [Donald] Trump has mediated the ceasefire, there is no need for further intervention. This was exactly our mission: to make them understand that intervention is needed,\u201d Dastgir told Geo News after arriving in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe diplomatic delegation fulfilled its objectives,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n
The former MNA added: \u201cOur ministers also put forward this stance that if India does not come to the table for talks again, then due to [the water issue] and India\u2019s irresponsible behaviour \u2014 saying that it does not need evidence for a war \u2014 a war in the subcontinent is certain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Similarly, Subzwari told Geo News: \u201cWe want global powers to tell India that two neighbouring nuclear states cannot move forward in such a dangerous environment. It is not just damaging for the region but for the world\u2019s peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
Noting that the delegation began its engagements with a multilateral forum, the United Nations, the senator stressed, \u201cDespite showing our military prowess, we have come with an invitation to peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rehman, a former ambassador to the US, called the meetings \u201cvery positive\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey understood our points and the risks. They all also agreed that the weaponisation of water is extremely wrong,\u201d she said, terming India-occupied Kashmir as the \u201clargest open-air prison after Gaza\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhatever the Indians do, good luck to them,\u201d the PPP leader quipped, referring to the delegations sent by New Delhi to various countries on the matter.<\/p>\n
Rehman highlighted: \u201cIndia\u2019s delegation does not know what its mission is, except for maligning Pakistan. [However,] we did not go [to US] to malign India, but to tell Pakistan\u2019s story.\u201d<\/p>\n
Senator Butt termed the response in both New York and Washington to Pakistan\u2019s concerns on held Kashmir and the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), which India unilaterally held in abeyance after a deadly attack in occupied Kashmir, as \u201cfantastic\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the Indus Waters Treaty is overlooked today, then no treaty in the future will stand any ground,\u201d she asserted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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