Fazl claims Pakistan\u2019s policies are being shaped by global pressure; Tariq Fazal defends move
\n ISLAMABAD
\nThe opposition slammed the government\u2019s decision on Thursday to participate in United States President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d without parliamentary approval and called for the withdrawal of any formal involvement until a complete consultative process was undertaken.
\nPakistan accepted Trump\u2019s invitation to join his Board of Peace, a new international mechanism aimed at supporting the implementation of the Gaza Peace Plan, a day ago. The Foreign Office did not provide details about the composition of the Board of Peace or its operational modalities, but officials indicated that the forum was expected to play a facilitative role in coordinating ceasefire arrangements, humanitarian assistance, and post-conflict reconstruction, while supporting a broader political track under UN auspices.
\nAddressing the National Assembly on the development, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman strongly criticised the formation of a so-called \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d under Trump.
\nThe JUI-F chief said that Trump was forming the Board of Peace according to his own wishes, deciding its membership himself and remaining its chairman. \u201cIf we then associate hopes of peace, economic stability and a better future for Palestinians with such a board, it would be nothing but deceiving ourselves,\u201d he said.
\nReferring to the Israeli bombardment of Gaza and the resulting casualties, Fazl said that more than 70,000 innocent Palestinians had been killed over the past one to one-and-a-half years. He added that over 100,000 people had died due to hunger and poverty, while more than 150,000 had been rendered homeless. \u201cDoes anyone feel the pain these people have gone through?\u201d he asked.
\nRaising questions over Pakistan\u2019s foreign policy, the JUI-F leader said policies in the country were shaped under external pressure, and Pakistan had never formulated its foreign policy around its own national interests.
\nFazl accused Pakistan\u2019s policies of being shaped under global pressure and questioned whether current rulers followed Quaid-e-Azam\u2019s stance on Israel, recalling that Muhammad Ali Jinnah had called Israel an \u201cillegitimate state\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fazl claims Pakistan\u2019s policies are being shaped by global pressure; Tariq Fazal defends move ISLAMABAD The opposition slammed the government\u2019s decision on Thursday to participate in United States President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d without parliamentary approval and called for the withdrawal of any formal involvement until a complete consultative process was undertaken. Pakistan accepted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-527101","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n