At UNSC huddle, Pakistan faces tough questions

NEW DELHI: The United Nations Security Council’s closed-door assembly on rising India-Pakistan tensions expectedly didn’t yield any substantive final result for Pakistan. Indian govt sources stated Pakistan’s efforts to internationalise the difficulty made little headway as UNSC suggested Islamabad to resolve points bilaterally with India and sought accountability for the Pahalgam assault, whereas expressing concern over Pakistan’s nuclear rhetoric and missile checks.In the 90-minute assembly, the member-states are learnt to have condemned the April 22 assault and posed “tough questions” in regards to the seemingly involvement of UN-proscribed Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba.No takers at UNSC meet for Pak’s false-flag narrative While views had been expressed individually by some after the consultations, the Council did not collectively make any assertion. The least Pakistan would have hoped for is an oral assertion by the Council president.Former Indian everlasting consultant to UN Syed Akbaruddin stated Pakistan’s quest to resurrect an agenda merchandise which has not been deliberated upon formally since 1965 by Council expectedly did not take off. Pakistan is a non-permanent UNSC member at the moment.“The lack of a response by the Council to Pakistan’s briefing is a vindication of Indian stance,” stated Akbaruddin, who was India’s ambassador to the UN when Pakistan final sought closed-door consultations via China in 2019. That was after India revoked J&K’s particular standing in Aug 2019.The 2019 assembly too had ended with none final result or formal assertion despite the fact that China had strongly pushed for it. Closed-door conferences comprise casual discussions which can be held not in Council room however in an adjoining chamber with restricted variety of delegates. For Pakistan, as in 2019, the most recent assembly too was extra an train in managing public notion than advancing any significant discussions, despite the fact that the consultations had been held beneath the India-Pakistan Question that pertains to J&Ok and never beneath, because it was meant to be initially, the generic ‘Threats to International Peace and Security’ agenda merchandise.In the assembly, in accordance with sources who spoke on situation of anonymity, members disapproved of false flag narrative initially propounded by Pakistan and requested in regards to the seemingly involvement of LeT within the assault. There had been questions about focusing on of vacationers primarily based on their non secular id. “There was condemnation of the attack and recognition of the need for accountability. Some members specifically brought up the targeting of tourists on basis of their religious faith,” stated a supply, including many members expressed concern that Pakistan’s missile checks and nuclear rhetoric had been escalatory components.Before the assembly, some Council members had been reported to have backed the thought of an unbiased worldwide investigation into the assault. According to the Security Council Report, China and Greece appeared to have already indicated – earlier than the assembly – their help for such an investigation. Such a probe although will want the consent of each India and Pakistan.Pakistan issued an announcement after the meet wherein it stated Council members expressed “deep concern” over the danger of escalation and urged restraint. It additionally claimed a number of members underscored that the J&Ok dispute remained the foundation reason for regional instability.