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Political leaders including Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Aain Pakistan Chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai, BNP-M Sardar Akhtar Mengal, NP General Secretary Kabir Muhammad, ANP Balochistan Chairman Asghar Khan Achakzai, PTI Balochistan Chairman Dawood Shah Kakar and MWM Allama Vilayat Hussain Jafari held a press conference in Quetta on Thursday. PHOTO: EXPRESS
LAHORE:
A national conference organized by the opposition Tehreek Tahaffuz Ain Pakistan (TTAP) and the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party called on Pakistan to take a clear, independent and principled stance on Gaza and other global conflicts, urging the government to realign its foreign policy away from Western influence.
The conference, held at the Lahore High Court, was attended by Senate Opposition Leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, former Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair, Senator Mushtaq Ahmed and Haqooq-e-Khalq Party leader Ammar Ali Jan, as well as political activists and civil society representatives.
A joint statement issued after the conference demanded Pakistan’s immediate withdrawal from the US-backed Gaza “Peace Council”, declaring it incompatible with the country’s moral and political stance on Palestine.
The statement calls on the government to actively support the Palestinian people and involve parliament, political parties and mass movements in a national debate on Palestine, particularly in the context of what it calls US imperialism and the policies of US President Donald Trump.
The statement also urges Pakistan to support the formation of a Southern bloc – comprising countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America – to lead the international struggle for freedom and justice for Palestine.
Calling for a foreign policy based on mutual respect and cooperation, the conference rejected alignment with a single world power. He condemned Trump’s threats against Iran and rejected any form of imperial interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states.
The conference expressed solidarity with Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia and other countries in Latin America and Africa. He rejected “the imposition of war and division in the region,” warning that such policies – linked to the US strategy of encircling China – would destabilize the region and undermine peace.
Concluding its demands, the conference called for a truly non-aligned foreign policy for Pakistan, rooted in regional peace, rejecting the Western proxy role and reflecting the aspirations of oppressed people across the world.
Earlier, addressing the gathering, Senator Mushtaq launched a scathing criticism of world powers, Pakistan’s political elite and what he called “hypocrisy in the name of peace”.
