Unacceptable: Congress on Pak being named vice-chair of UNSC’s anti-terror panel

Kharge’s remarks got here after the event that Pakistan will chair the Taliban Sanctions Committee of the UN Safety Council for 2025 and will likely be vice-chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the UN physique.

“Pakistan is the perpetrator of terror. India is a sufferer of terror. They can’t be equated. They shouldn’t be hyphenated,” Kharge stated in a publish on X.

The IMF, the ADB, and the World Financial institution sanctioning or deciding to sanction loans and bailout packages shall solely enhance Pakistan’s navy expenditure, which its rogue Military makes use of to unleash terror on Indians, he stated.

“The naming of Pakistan because the vice-chair of the 15-member United Nations Safety Council’s Counter Terrorism Committee and chair the Taliban Sanctions Committee for 2025 is most unlucky, ill-informed and unacceptable,” Kharge stated.

The worldwide neighborhood should see advantage in India’s case that Pakistan needs to be included again within the FATF gray record for monitoring of its terror financing, he asserted.

Kharge identified that Pakistan was first included within the gray record after India’s diplomatic efforts, below then prime minister Manmohan Singh in 2008 and once more in 2012.

It has been within the Gray Checklist thrice, the final being in 2018, he famous.

“Making Pakistan accountable for its sins is a necessity not only for India, however for the pursuits of the worldwide neighborhood. It’s maybe price to remind that probably the most wished terrorist – Osama Bin Laden, accountable for 9/11, was discovered and eradicated in Pakistan. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), the chief planner of 9/11, was additionally a Pakistani,” Kharge stated.

“As a accountable Opposition celebration, we might urge our authorities to take applicable and resolute diplomatic actions to de-hyphenate India and Pakistan on the worldwide stage,” he stated.

Congress’ media and publicity division head Pawan Khera stated the IMF gave USD 1 billion to Pakistan on Might 9 throughout Operation Sindoor.

“World Financial institution decides to present USD 40 billion to Pakistan quickly after Operation Sindoor. ADB gave USD 800 million to Pakistan on 3 June, quickly after Operation Sindoor,” he stated on X.