How can global community allow continuous legitimisation of Pakistan sponsored terrorism?: Congress leader Pawan Khera
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Congress leader Pawan Khera on Thursday decried the "continuous legitimisation of Pakistan sponsored terrorism " by the international community, highlighting that while India carried out Operation Sindoor , Pakistan is getting multiple loans, also getting to chair the UNSC Taliban Sanctions Committee and be vice chair of UNSC Counter Terrorism Committee.Khera also said that loans to Pakistan and its role in the UNS committee also reflect on India's "foreign policy collapse."Khera highlighted that Pakistan has received a USD 1 billion loan by International Monetary Fund (IMF) on May 9; USD 40 billion from World Bank on under the Country Partnership Framework (CPF); and recently on June 4 A USD 800 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB)."And on June 4 Pakistan gets elected as Chairman of UNSC Taliban Sanctions Committee and Vice Chairman of UNSC Counter Terrorism Committee. Of course, this is the sad story of our own foreign policy collapse but how can the global community allow this continuous legitimisation of sponsorship of terrorism by Pakistan," Khera said in a post on X.Pakistan is set to chair the United Nations Security Council 's Taliban Sanctions Committee in 2025, which is responsible for enforcing sanctions, asset freezes, travel bans and arms embargo against people or organisations which are associated with the Taliban. Pakistan will also serve as the vice-chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee this year, which was established after the September 11 attacks in the US, which looks to implement various measures to counter terrorist activities across the world.Earlier today, all party delegation member and former Indian envoy to US Taranjit Singh Sandhu also questioned Pakistan's credibility in chairing the UNSC committee."On the UN, it also implies how seriously Pakistan will take terrorism, especially when such a responsible position they are given. A very high-power parliamentary delegation led by Mr Bhutto is here - how much authority and power the Generals or Marshal side has given to them?" Sandhu said.Sandhu is part of the all-party delegation led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor which is currently in US as part of a diplomatic outreach to put forward India's stance against terrorism. At the same time, Pakistan has also sent a delegation led by Bilawal Bhutto, where he addressed a briefing at the UN headquarters in New York.
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