*ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal said **PakistaniPM Imran Khan speech in UNGA session would be remembered in history fortimes to come.*
*He termed the Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech in the United NationsGeneral Assembly (UNGA) as historical which ‘will be remembered andreferred to in the times to come.’*
Dr Faisal, in his Twitter message, said, “Many Muslim diplomats were intears when PM referred to the Prophet [Peace Be Upon Him].” He added thatthe premier ‘has made a strong case for Muslim Ummah and for Pakistan.”
The spokesperson said that “The speech will be remembered and referred toin the times to come.”
PM Khan’s speech in the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) session is widely praised by the nationals and political leadershipwhere he urged the world to tackle climate change, money laundering, andIslamophobia besides highlighting Indian atrocities in Occupied Kashmir.
The premier started his speech by highlighting the climate change issue andurged the world leaders to rise up to the challenge and take steps likecontrolling deforestation, plastic, and air pollution to save the planet.
PM Imran Khan was of the view that the world’s top economies should comeforward to help the developing countries tackle the ever-rising threat ofclimate change.
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The prime minister then urged the world leaders to tackle the rapid rise ofIslamophobia, by terming it the major cause of radicalisation of innocentMuslims.
The PM maintained that it was the responsibility of Muslim leaders post9/11 to teach the world about Islam and remove the west’s misconceptionsabout Islam but they failed to do so.
Imran Khan was of the view that it is the injustices and discriminationlike Muslim girls face when they wear hijab in the west, which leads toalienation and radicalisation.
The PM told the world body that his government tried to approach India fortalks before this move but the Indian side’s refusal was the factor talkscouldn’t move forward.
He maintained that it is the United Nations which, through its resolutions,promised the right of self-determination to people of Kashmir and nowshould take some action lest the two nuclear-armed neighbours go to war.
