President Dr Arif Alvi Saturday said that the world was going through a complex situation and it was desperately waiting for a morality-based world order, dominated by human compassion and equality among humans.
\nDuring his interaction with the speakers and participants of Islamabad Security Dialogue under the theme of \u2018Comprehensive security and reimagining the international cooperation,\u2019 the president regretted that human history was replete with wars, destruction and deaths.
\nHe said it was a matter of concern whether the nations had learnt from the history or not. What should be the criterion for the security of states with respect to avoidance of tussles? he posed a question.
\nHuman nature was based upon compassion and repulsion with certain elements of phobia and motivated with a survival instinct which often led to stress and tussle among countries, he added.
\nThe president opined that it was expected that enlightened and educated people entrusted with power would do justice with humanity through a morality-based world order, adding there was divergence in the world when it came to the simultaneous application of the international laws upon different countries.
\nThe president noted that different values for humans posed a threat to the world whereas, inequality in wealth among humans also caused a strain despite the global efforts to bridge the difference.
\nEnumerating the modern-day challenges, he said misuses of freedom of speech, the spread of misinformation and disinformation through fake news were some of the new challenges emerging in the world.
\nThe president said human confusion had spiraled after the outcome of the rational decisions made by those countries where it was considered to be at its peak.
\nThe president referring to some major human destruction in the world history said, the Mongols onslaught, the 100-year war between England and France, WW1 and WWII led to huge human toll.
\nThe world nations, he said, then looked for certain principles to avoid future wars, adding that among the powerful nations, the geopolitical dialogue would be important.
\nThe president said to ensure global peace, efforts were made to encourage globalization through economic and goods flow among the world countries. It was expected that when flow of goods and economy were linked, it could ensure peace, but it could not be achieved as the flow was not equal out of hypocrisy.
\nThe president said Pakistan had hosted millions of Afghan refugees on its soil for forty years, but on the other hand, refugees were being drowned in the Mediterranean Sea.
\nHe observed that the voices of smaller countries could be heard if they were economically strengthened.
\nThe president further said that an enlightened utopia was not perceivable, still there was a need to trust-building measures.
\nDenouncing the recent Indian firing of missile towards Pakistan as the highest act of irresponsibility, he said Modi\u2019s psyche through the instigation of Hindu nationalism was hell-bent upon changing the Indian society.
\nThe president said different incidents had occurred in India over the uranium theft and smuggling cases, but the world reaction had been different.
\nHe further observed that world efforts over reduction of poverty, focus on health and education were paying dividends, besides an increase in per capita income.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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