Islamabad:
The Senate was united on Tuesday in rejecting India’s war hysteria and promised to respond resolutely resolutely to any misunderstanding of New Delhi in the wake of the terrorist attack in IIOJK.
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar told the upper house that both China and Turkiye after the Pahagam event have taken an unequivocal attitude to support Pakistan.
He added that the Chinese Foreign Minister has insured full support for Islamabad.
The session was led by Vice President Senate Syedaal Khan Nasir.
During the meeting, senators from all political parties took a fixed and United Stand on Pakistan-India tension.
After speeches from various senators, Deputy Prime Minister and Head of Parliament in the Senate, Ishaq Dar, informed the house on diplomatic efforts made since the Pahagam event.
He stated that Pakistan has reached the foreign ministers in Saudi -Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, China, the United Kingdom, Kuwait, Bahrain and Hungary.
“We have informed these countries about India’s historical record and its current design,” he said, adding that Turkiye and China have adopted a clear attitude towards Pakistan’s benefit.
“The Turkish Foreign Minister asked us how they could help while the Chinese Foreign Minister assured us their support.”
DAR expressed suspicion that the Pahagam event may have been orchestrated deliberately as a pretext to scrape existing agreements. “Pakistan has no involvement in the Pahagam incident at all,” he emphasized.
Dar, who represented the Federation, said the Senate had shown a remarkable sense of unity. “It is a welcome step that all political parties in the Senate unanimously adopted a joint decision.”
He revealed that in a conversation with the Turkish Foreign Minister he had warned that if India is considering a step, “this time the answer will be often too tat”. “India has failed to present evidence. We fulfill the responsibility of our diplomatic tasks,” he added.
Dar also emphasized that India had written a letter quoting “changed circumstances” as a reason for suspending the Indus Waters Treaty. “Shortly after staging the Pulwama drama, De Kashmir’s constitutional status changed. Now they are trying to provoke regional instability again,” he said.
The National Security Committee has already declared that any attempt to block water would be treated as an act of war.
With regard to UNSC’s statement on April 25, which condemns the attack in Pahaldam, Deputy PM said that Pakistan, as a member of the UNSC, had an objection to the language used in a press release after Pahagam unanimously issued by the Council.
“On behalf of Pakistan, I filed two objections,” Dar said. “First, the condemnation of the front of the resistance (TRF); secondly, the reference to Pahagam was expanded to include ‘Jammu and Kashmir’ to reflect Pakistan’s attitude.”
The Senate later unanimously adopted two bills with a majority of votes, including Biological and Toxin’s Weapons Convention (implementation), 2025 and National Commission for Minorities Bill, 2025.
Both bills were filed by the Federal Minister of Law and Justice Azam Nazir Tarar.
The implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in Pakistan through the proposed draft bill is a critical obligation under international non-dispersal information and UNSC decisions.
The National Commission for Minorities Bill, 2025, aims to institutionalize the protection of minority rights in the country through the formation of a statutory commission.
