LAHORE – In a big diplomatic victory for Pakistan, as many as 28 Britishmembers tabled an ‘early day motion (EDM)’ in the British parliamentagainst Indian aggression.
Governor Punjab Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar’s efforts to win diplomaticsupport from the British parlimaentarians on Pak-India stand-off bore fruit.
Governor Muhammad Sarwar, in a statement on Thursday,said the British parliamentarians supported Pakistan’s principle stance tobring an end to the stand-off between the two neighbouring nuclear powersfor durable peace in the region, adding that they lauded Prime MinisterImranKhan’s peace intiative as well.
Sarwar said the parliamentarians lauded the government’sgood-will gesture to release the captured Indian pilot Abhnandan Varthama,claiming Pakistan had succeeded on the diplomatic front in making the worldrealize that Pakistan supported peace.
He said the British parliament members had always raised voicefor the resolution of Kashmir issue and other matters in the region, addingthat it was a good omen that the Britishmembers had tabled EMD on the issue.
The EMD had been tabled by the members from all majorBritish political parties, including Labour, Democratic Unionist, ScottishNational, Liberal Democrat, and Conservative,which was duly signed by Ruth Cadbury, Rashid Faisal, Yasin Mohammad,khaild Mahmood, Jim Shannon, Dr David Drew, Chris Stephens, Mr DennisSkinner, Tonnia Antionazzi and Gill Farnis.
The motion read: “Nuclear war between two nuclear powers,India and Pakistan, will be disastrous for the whole region and it isnecessary to solve the Kashmir issue through bilateral and multilateraldialogue.
It said the tensions between the two atomic powers could be detrimental tothe regional peace.”
Earlier, on Sunday last, Punjab Governor Muhammad Sarwarwrote letters to the parliamentarians in the British and EuropeanParliaments to play their role in de-escalating the confrontation betweenPakistan and India.
He also urged them to bring India to the table in order to avert anyuntoward situation.