Pak resolution rejects Delhi claim on role in Pahalgam terror attack
Amid Indo-Pakistan tensions, Pakistan’s Senate on Friday passed a resolution rejecting India’s “frivolous and baseless attempts” to link the country with the Pahalgam terror attack.
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar moved the resolution, which got across-the-board support from parties in the upper house of parliament.
“Pakistan remains fully capable and prepared to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity against any aggression, including water terrorism or military provocation,” the resolution said.
The resolution, rejecting all “frivolous and baseless attempts” to link Pakistan with the attack, said killing innocent civilians was against the values upheld by Pakistan.
It condemned “the orchestrated and mala fide campaign by the Indian government to malign Pakistan, which follows a familiar pattern of exploiting the issue of terrorism for a narrow political goal.”
The resolution also condemned India’s declaration to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance that it amounted to “an act of war”.
‘India is obsessed with us’
Pakistan’s Senator Sherry Rehman said, “The treaty that has survived every war and remained untouched throughout every war; but now they want to weaponise this and we won’t allow it.....We did not militarise this region did, you did. Even today, your military formations stand against us. The majority of your military formations are against us....You have an obsession with Pakistan. We certainly do not have any obsession with you.”
BLA kills 10 Pak armymen
Ten Pakistani soldiers were killed on Thursday in a remote-controlled IED blast targeting a military convoy in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.
In a statement released by the group, BLA said its “freedom fighters” targeted the convoy of what it termed the “occupying Pakistani Army,” describing the assault as part of its ongoing resistance campaign.
Pak stock exchange crashes
The Pakistan stock exchange website is currently non-operational amid the rising tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack According to a Reuters report, Pakistan’s dollar-denominated government bonds dropped more than 4 cents on Thursday, Tradeweb data showed, as tensions with India escalated. In just the first five minutes of Thursday trading, the benchmark KSE-100 index fell by 2.12 per cent.
