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Time of India
08-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Morning news wrap: Manipur cuts internet in 5 districts; LA riots escalate over immigration unrest; and more
The US Vice President JD Vance and FBI Director Kash Patel issued strong warnings against violent immigration protests in Los Angeles. President Trump deployed 2,000 federal troops after clashes erupted during raids on undocumented migrants, blaming local leadership and pushing for his 'beautiful bill' to tighten border security. Meanwhile, Yemen-based al-Qaeda leader Saad al-Awlaki released a video threatening Trump and Elon Musk over the Gaza war, urging lone-wolf attacks across the Middle East. Globally, Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe was shot during a campaign rally in Bogota, sustaining critical injuries; the attacker was arrested. In the UN, Pakistan's bid to lead four terrorism-related committees was rejected, with the country receiving only the chair of the 1988 Taliban Sanctions Committee. Back in India, the Manipur government suspended internet services in five districts for five days amid fears of unrest and misuse of social media. Manipur suspends internet and mobile data in 5 districts The Manipur government has suspended internet and mobile data services in five districts for five days, citing serious law and order concerns and the potential misuse of social media to spread inflammatory content. The suspension order, issued late on June 7 by Commissioner-cum-Secretary (Home) N Ashok Kumar, applies to Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Kakching, and Bishnupur districts. Read full story Trump admin deploys 2000 troops to calm LA immigration protests The Trump administration intensified its response to protests in Los Angeles sparked by immigration enforcement raids, which escalated over the weekend. The federal government assumed control of the California National Guard and deployed 2,000 troops. This action followed President Donald Trump's criticism of California officials, including Governor Gavin Newsom, and his threat of federal intervention. Read full story Colombian presidential candidate shot at campaign event, suspect arrested Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe was shot three times, including twice in the head, during a campaign event on Saturday in the Fontibon district of Bogota, the Colombian national police said. Paramedics confirmed the severity of his injuries. Read full story Pakistan's bid to chair 4 UN terror panels rejected, gets only one Pakistan's bid for leadership of four terrorism-related committees at the UN Security Council has been rejected by other member states, according to official sources. As a result, Pakistan secured only the chair of the 1988 Taliban Sanctions Committee. Read full story Al-Qaeda Yemen chief threatens Trump, Musk over Gaza war The leader of al-Qaeda's Yemen branch has threatened US President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, marking his first public appearance since taking control of the group in 2024. In a 30-minute video released online early Saturday by supporters of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Saad bin Atef al-Awlaki called for retaliatory attacks and urged lone-wolf militants to assassinate leaders in Egypt, Jordan, and Gulf Arab states, citing their roles in what he called the devastating conflict in Gaza. Read full story
News18
07-06-2025
- Politics
- News18
Why Pakistan's Taliban Sanctions Panel Role At UNSC Is No Victory, Here's The Fine Print
Last Updated: While Pakistan will chair the UNSC Taliban Sanctions Committee, it is no victory for Islamabad - due to its poor record on terrorism - as it received far less than what it wanted. While Pakistan is set to chair the Taliban Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council in 2025, it failed to get what it wanted – to secure chairmanship of other UN Sanctions Committees – possibly due to its dismal record of keeping cross-border terrorism emanating from the country in check. Apart from chairing the UNSC Taliban Sanctions Committee, Pakistan will also be the vice-chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the 15-nation UN body. According to a list of chairs of the subsidiary bodies of the UN Security Council, Denmark will chair the 1267 ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council, while Russia and Sierra Leone will be vice-chairs for 2025. However, Pakistan has actually received far less than what it wanted, given the world's doubts on Islamabad's credibility. For the first time in the history of the UN Security Council, the Informal Working Group (IWG) on Sanctions will have two co-chairs. Pakistan will co-chair the documentation IWG with Denmark and the Sanctions IWG with Greece. What Did Pakistan Want? Pakistan had demanded the 1267 Sanctions Committee; 1540 (Non-Proliferation) Sanctions Committee; 1988 (Taliban) Committee and Chair of the 1373 Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC), but only got the Taliban Sanctions Committee, much less than what it had wanted. Pakistan is also co-chairing the 1373 CTC, which is not very substantial and is merely ceremonial in nature. India had chaired the 1373 CTC in 2011 and in the committees require consensus of members, so the current allocation is far below the expectations of Pakistani leadership. In reality, the allocation has dealt a heavy blow to Pakistan, as its allocation remains far below its expectations despite sending a delegation – led by Bilawal Bhutto – to the UN, possibly due to its poor track record on cross-border terrorism. Despite failing to curb terrorism on its soil, Pakistan showed an uncompromising and undeserving attitude that delayed a consensus from being formed by six months, which greatly annoyed other UNSC members. India's Diplomatic Outreach India, which co-chaired the Counter Terrorism Committee in 2022, has consistently reminded the international community that Pakistan is host to the world's largest number of UN-proscribed terrorists and entities, including notorious terrorist Osama bin Laden, who was found and eliminated by American forces in Pakistan in 2011. In a big blow to Pakistan, Russia and Guyana – both sharing cordial ties with India – are vice-chairs in the Taliban Sanctions Committee, which will prevent Pakistan from gaining a free hand. Pakistan is also co-chairing two IWGs with Denmark and Greece, who are also friends with India. This means that India can use its diplomatic might and close partnership with friends in the Council to prevent Pakistan from making any adverse steps. Notably, India had also chaired the same 1988 (Taliban) Sanctions Committee during its UNSC 2021-22 term along with the Chair of the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee. First Published: June 07, 2025, 15:20 IST
NDTV
06-06-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
What Shashi Tharoor Said On Pakistan At United Nations Anti-Terror Panels
Washington: India is not friendless in the UN Security Council and Pakistan chairing its Taliban Sanctions Committee and being named vice-chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee is a designation without much practical consequence, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said. Tharoor is leading a multi-party Parliamentary delegation to the US to brief key interlocutors about the threat of Pakistan-backed terrorism faced by India and India's strong resolve against terrorism. "These committees all work on consensus and it's not really possible for a chairman to single-handedly get something through that the others resist or push a particular line that other countries are not in favour of," Tharoor said during an interaction at the Indian Embassy here on Thursday. Pakistan, a non-permanent member of the Security Council for the 2025-26 term, will chair the Council's Taliban Sanctions Committee for 2025 and will be vice-chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the 15-nation UN organ. Guyana and Russia will be vice-chair of the 1988 Taliban Sanctions Committee. Algeria will chair the 1373 Counter-Terrorism Committee while France and Russia will be the other vice-chairs. Pakistan will also be co-chair of the Informal Working Groups on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions and on the General UNSC Sanctions Issues. India has consistently reminded the international community that Pakistan is host to the world's largest number of UN-proscribed terrorists and entities. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was hiding in Pakistan's Abbottabad for years and was killed in an operation by the US Navy Seals in May 2011. During the Parliamentary delegation's interaction at the Embassy with think tankers and young professionals, Tharoor was asked about Pakistan chairing the two UNSC sanctions committees. Noting that there are half a dozen counterterrorism committees of the UNSC, he said that Council members take turns presiding over such bodies. "So as long as Pakistan is on the Security Council, this kind of "privilege" might come their way... We are not exactly friendless on the Security Council, so we're fairly confident that that is going to be a designation without much practical consequence," he said. He underlined that India's Permanent Mission to the UN in New York will monitor this carefully. On Wednesday, during a press conference at the Embassy, responding to a question by PTI on Pakistan given charge of the two committees, Tharoor said "it's a Taliban Committee these guys have got. I don't know what the feelings of the Afghans are about this, but there you are." Tharoor said UNSC members get the monthly rotating presidency of the Council. "It's as simple as that. There's nothing more than that. And many of these positions are rotational.... There are a number of UN institutions and committees, and so one shouldn't exaggerate, all the members of the Council automatically belong to all these committees and chairmanship rotates." He highlighted that there are various committees of the Security Council, such as one pursuant to resolution 1540 that deals with preventing non-state actors from acquiring, developing or using nuclear weapons. "It would have been really funny if Pakistan had been given that particular chairmanship, but that at least mercifully, has not happened." Pointing out that the UNSC committees work on consensus, he said there is no way that the chairman, whoever it may be, can get a particular point of view through or get something accepted or rejected merely by virtue of being chairman. "The others will weigh in very heavily. And we are not exactly friendless in the Security Council, and therefore in its committees," he said. The delegation, which had arrived from India in New York on May 24, had travelled to Guyana, Panama, Colombia and Brazil before arriving in Washington Tuesday afternoon for the last leg of the tour. Tharoor pointed out that the delegation did not go to the United Nations headquarters in New York. "For us, it's more a series of bilateral exercises with countries that we believe need to be sensitised to our point of view, and as I said, that mission has been successful." The delegation led by Tharoor includes Sarfaraz Ahmad (JMM), Ganti Harish Madhur Balayogi (TDP), Shashank Mani Tripathi (BJP), Bhubaneswar Kalita (BJP), Milind Deora (Shiv Sena), Tejasvi Surya (BJP) and India's former Ambassador to the US Taranjit Sandhu. It met US Vice President J D Vance, with Tharoor describing the meeting as "excellent". A parliamentary delegation from Pakistan led by Chairman of the Pakistan People's Party and former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also landed in the US at the same time as the Tharoor-led delegation from India. Bhutto met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres with his delegation as well as Security Council Ambassadors in Pakistan's bid to internationalise the conflict with India as well as the Kashmir issue. Tripathi added that during the delegation's travels, countries voiced support for a permanent seat for India at the UN Security Council. "So this whole idea of Security Council that we've been saying, what was very interesting for us is that other countries are thinking the same about India, which is a very helpful thing." Sandhu added this highlights how seriously Pakistan will take terrorism, especially in the "responsible position" they are given and it also talks of how much authority and power the Pakistani "General or Field Marshal" has given the delegation led by Bhutto. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
The Print
06-06-2025
- Politics
- The Print
Designation without much practical consequence: Tharoor on Pak helming UNSC anti-terror committees – ThePrint –
'These committees all work on consensus and it's not really possible for a chairman to single-handedly get something through that the others resist or push a particular line that other countries are not in favour of,' Tharoor said during an interaction at the Indian Embassy here on Thursday. Tharoor is leading a multi-party Parliamentary delegation to the US to brief key interlocutors about the threat of Pakistan-backed terrorism faced by India and India's strong resolve against terrorism. Washington, Jun 6 (PTI) India is not friendless in the UN Security Council and Pakistan chairing its Taliban Sanctions Committee and being named vice-chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee is a designation without much practical consequence, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said. Pakistan, a non-permanent member of the Security Council for the 2025-26 term, will chair the Council's Taliban Sanctions Committee for 2025 and will be vice-chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the 15-nation UN organ. Guyana and Russia will be vice-chair of the 1988 Taliban Sanctions Committee. Algeria will chair the 1373 Counter-Terrorism Committee while France and Russia will be the other vice-chairs. Pakistan will also be co-chair of the Informal Working Groups on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions and on the General UNSC Sanctions Issues. India has consistently reminded the international community that Pakistan is host to the world's largest number of UN-proscribed terrorists and entities. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was hiding in Pakistan's Abbottabad for years and was killed in an operation by the US Navy Seals in May 2011. During the Parliamentary delegation's interaction at the Embassy with think tankers and young professionals, Tharoor was asked about Pakistan chairing the two UNSC sanctions committees. Noting that there are half a dozen counterterrorism committees of the UNSC, he said that Council members take turns presiding over such bodies. 'So as long as Pakistan is on the Security Council, this kind of 'privilege' might come their way… We are not exactly friendless on the Security Council, so we're fairly confident that that is going to be a designation without much practical consequence,' he said. He underlined that India's Permanent Mission to the UN in New York will monitor this carefully. On Wednesday, during a press conference at the Embassy, responding to a question by PTI on Pakistan given charge of the two committees, Tharoor said 'it's a Taliban Committee these guys have got. I don't know what the feelings of the Afghans are about this, but there you are.' Tharoor said UNSC members get the monthly rotating presidency of the Council. 'It's as simple as that. There's nothing more than that. And many of these positions are rotational…. There are a number of UN institutions and committees, and so one shouldn't exaggerate, all the members of the Council automatically belong to all these committees and chairmanship rotates.' He highlighted that there are various committees of the Security Council, such as one pursuant to resolution 1540 that deals with preventing non-state actors from acquiring, developing or using nuclear weapons. 'It would have been really funny if Pakistan had been given that particular chairmanship, but that at least mercifully, has not happened.' Pointing out that the UNSC committees work on consensus, he said there is no way that the chairman, whoever it may be, can get a particular point of view through or get something accepted or rejected merely by virtue of being chairman. 'The others will weigh in very heavily. And we are not exactly friendless in the Security Council, and therefore in its committees,' he said. The delegation, which had arrived from India in New York on May 24, had travelled to Guyana, Panama, Colombia and Brazil before arriving in Washington Tuesday afternoon for the last leg of the tour. Tharoor pointed out that the delegation did not go to the United Nations headquarters in New York. 'For us, it's more a series of bilateral exercises with countries that we believe need to be sensitised to our point of view, and as I said, that mission has been successful.' The delegation led by Tharoor includes Sarfaraz Ahmad (JMM), Ganti Harish Madhur Balayogi (TDP), Shashank Mani Tripathi (BJP), Bhubaneswar Kalita (BJP), Milind Deora (Shiv Sena), Tejasvi Surya (BJP) and India's former Ambassador to the US Taranjit Sandhu. It met US Vice President J D Vance, with Tharoor describing the meeting as 'excellent'. A parliamentary delegation from Pakistan led by Chairman of the Pakistan People's Party and former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also landed in the US at the same time as the Tharoor-led delegation from India. Bhutto met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres with his delegation as well as Security Council Ambassadors in Pakistan's bid to internationalise the conflict with India as well as the Kashmir issue. Tripathi added that during the delegation's travels, countries voiced support for a permanent seat for India at the UN Security Council. 'So this whole idea of Security Council that we've been saying, what was very interesting for us is that other countries are thinking the same about India, which is a very helpful thing.' Sandhu added this highlights how seriously Pakistan will take terrorism, especially in the 'responsible position' they are given and it also talks of how much authority and power the Pakistani 'General or Field Marshal' has given the delegation led by Bhutto. PTI YAS NSA NSA This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
Mint
05-06-2025
- Politics
- Mint
Kharge slams Pakistan's UNSC roles: ‘Govt must take diplomatic actions to de-hyphenate India, Pakistan on glogal stage'
The Congress on 5 June said Pakistan being named vice chair of the 15-member UN Security Council's counterterrorism committee and chair of another panel of the world body was most unfortunate, ill-informed and unacceptable. In a post on X, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government to take resolute diplomatic actions to de-hyphenate India and Pakistan on the global stage, and exhorted the international community to understand and support New Delhi's stand on terrorism emanating from Pakistan. Kharge also described the development as the sad story of 'our own foreign policy collapse' but questioned how the global community can continue to legitimise Pakistan's sponsorship of terrorism. Kharge asserted that making Pakistan accountable for its sins is a necessity not just for India but for the interests of the international community. "The Indian National Congress exhorts the international community to understand and support India's stand on terrorism emanating from Pakistan," he said. Kharge's remarks came after the development that Pakistan will chair the Taliban Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council for 2025 and will be vice-chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the UN body. "Pakistan is the perpetrator of terror. India is a victim of terror. They cannot be equated. They should not be hyphenated," Kharge said in a post on X. The IMF, the ADB, and the World Bank sanctioning or deciding to sanction loans and bailout packages shall only increase Pakistan's military expenditure, which its rogue Army uses to unleash terror on Indians, he said. "The naming of Pakistan as the vice-chair of the 15-member United Nations Security Council's Counter Terrorism Committee and chair the Taliban Sanctions Committee for 2025 is most unfortunate, ill-informed and unacceptable," Kharge said. The international community must see merit in India's case that Pakistan should be included back in the FATF grey list for monitoring of its terror financing, he asserted. Kharge pointed out that Pakistan was first included in the grey list after India's diplomatic efforts, under then prime minister Manmohan Singh in 2008 and again in 2012. It has been in the Grey List three times, the last being in 2018, he noted. "Making Pakistan accountable for its sins is a necessity not just for India, but for the interests of the international community. It is perhaps worth to remind that the most wanted terrorist - Osama Bin Laden, responsible for 9/11, was found and eliminated in Pakistan. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), the chief planner of 9/11, was also a Pakistani," Kharge said. "As a responsible Opposition party, we would urge our government to take appropriate and resolute diplomatic actions to de-hyphenate India and Pakistan on the global stage," he said. Congress' media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said the IMF gave USD 1 billion to Pakistan on May 9 during Operation Sindoor. "World Bank decides to give USD 40 billion to Pakistan soon after Operation Sindoor. ADB gave USD 800 million to Pakistan on June 3, soon after Operation Sindoor," he said on X. And on June 4, Pakistan gets elected as chairman of the UNSC Taliban Sanctions Committee and vice chairman of the UNSC Counter Terrorism Committee, he pointed out. "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. Pakistan will chair the 1988 Taliban Sanctions Committee that imposes an assets freeze, a travel ban and an arms embargo on individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with the Taliban in constituting a threat to the peace, stability and security of Afghanistan. Guyana and Russia will be vice-chairs of the Taliban sanctions committee. Pakistan will also be co-chair of the Informal Working Groups on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions and on the General UNSC Sanctions Issues. Pakistan is a non-permanent member of the 15-nation Security Council for the 2025-26 term. The sanctions committees of the Council comprise all 15 members of the Security Council and make their decisions by consensus. India was chair of the UNSC Counter-terrorism Committee for 2022 during its 2021-22 tenure in the council as a non-permanent member. India has consistently reminded the international community that Pakistan is host to the world's largest number of UN-proscribed terrorists and entities. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was hiding in Pakistan's Abbottabad for years and was killed in an operation by the US Navy Seals in May 2011. Making Pakistan accountable for its sins is a necessity not just for India, but for the interests of the international community. China, France, Russia, the UK and the US are the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, while Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, South Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, and Somalia are currently in the council as non-permanent members.
