ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Khurram Dastgir says Pakistan is disappointeddeeply over the failure of UN Sanction committee to not list Jamaatul Ahrarleader Umar Khalid Khurasani as a terrorist.
He was giving government’s reaction on the issue in senate today.
The Minister said that Umar Khalid Khurasani is a known terrorist and hasthe blood of hundreds of innocents Pakistanis on his hands.
He said if Jamaatul Ahrar has been declared a terror group listed by thesanctions committee name of its leader should also have been placed on theelist of terrorist. He said this action demonstrates double standardsprevailing in the international fight against terrorism and also showscomplete disregard of sacrifices rendered by the armed force and the peopleof Pakistan in this war.
The Minister said UN Security Council’s Sanction Committee consideredPakistan’s proposal to list Umar Khalid Khurasani, also known as AbdulWali, and reportedly it could not reach consensus due to objections by amember.
He said since discussion of the sanctions committee are confidential as aninternational obligations, Pakistan will not comment on those deliberations.
He, however, assured the House that Pakistan shall be pursuing further asper rule and regulations of the United Nations.