Former interior
minister and Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Senator A. Rehman
Malik has urged President European Parliament to withdraw its resolution
against Pakistan and bring a resolution of economic sanctions against India
also for misusing EU soil against for malicious, fake, and fabricated
propaganda against Pakistan.
In a letter to President
European Parliament David Maria Sassoli, he said the people of Pakistan are
highly disturbed and shocked by the Resolution adopted by the European
Parliament on 29 April 2021 calling for a review of trade relations with
Pakistan and ending its eligibility for the Generalised Scheme of Preferences
(GSP) status.
Making the letter
public at a press conference, Mr. Malik said that interviews and public
research conducted by Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) shows that the
people of Pakistan have taken the EU Parliament resolution as interference in
the sovereignty of Pakistan. He said that they considered it highly
discriminatory, interference in Pakistan's internal affairs, and against international
interfaith harmony.
He said that the
people of Pakistan have great respect for all religions including Christianity
and there is no religious discrimination in Pakistan as people of all faiths
have the freedom in teaching, practicing, worshiping, and celebrating their
faiths and festivals without any fear.
Rehman Malik in
his letter stressed that making legislation and its implementation is the sole
sovereign right of any sovereign country and all Pakistani laws are made to
satisfy its own national social justice system. He added the people of all
faiths living in Pakistan and their rights are well protected in the
Constitution of Pakistan.
“I would like to
express that the European Union (EU) Parliament should have afforded a hearing
to representatives from Pakistan or had at least heard the Pakistan ambassador
in Belgium prior to bringing this resolution before Parliament”, his letter
reads.
In his letter,
Senator Malik writes that the people of Pakistan are concerned as to where was
the EU Parliament when EU DisinfoLab based in EU had uncovered Indian
propaganda of the highest intensity against Pakistan adding it is no more a
secret that India had been using the soil of the EU against a sovereign state
of Pakistan unchecked by EU which is against international laws.
He urged the
President EU Parliament that the people of Pakistan expect a resolution from EU
Parliament against India condemning the misuse of its soil for malicious propaganda
against Pakistan and appeal EU to impose economic sanctions on India for this
illegal act of breaching EU trust and have compromised the position of EU by
using its soil to damage the interest of a fellow sovereign state.
In his letter,
Rehman Malik has appealed the President to withdraw the Resolution against Pakistan
passed on April 29, 2021 which is highly discriminatory. He also appealed to bring a resolution of
economic sanctions against India for misusing EU soil for malicious, fake, and
fabricated propaganda against Pakistan and this action is owed by EU in the
natural justice and to stop such repetition by India.
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