ACCRA:
Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed has called on Asia to adopt Nelson Mandela’s model for reconciliation and emphasizes that it presents a peaceful and democratic timetable for divided communities while confirming Pakistan’s long -standing bond with Africa.
Mushahid, who hosted Ghana and participated by more than 200 representatives from over 40 African countries, was one of the first Asians to attend more than 200 representatives from over 40 African countries, and spoke at the first African political parties hosting the first summit hosting Ghana and participating by more than 200 representatives from over 40 African countries.
He represented both his role as co -chair of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) and as president of Paidar, Pakistan’s first think tank about Africa.
During his visit as a guest of the Ghanaian government, he also met Vice President Jane Naana, chief of staff Julius Debrah and Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister Ebrahim Farah, among other African leaders.
In his address, Mushahid Pakistan’s “consistent and principle” support for African liberation struggles, including those in Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Eritrea, Somalia, South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
He also remembered the Bandung Conference of 1955, co-sponsored by Pakistan and hosted the Indonesian President Sukarno, who laid the basis for Afro-Asian solidarity.
Based on his long connection to the continent, the senator mentioned his several visits to countries such as South Africa, Rwanda, Angola, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia and remembered as minister in store for Nelson Mandela under the South African leaders 1999 State visits in Pakistan.
He introduced Paidar (Pakistan-Africa Institute of Development and Research) and described it as Pakistan’s most important non-governmental platform to promote ties with Africa.
He pays tribute to the “Mandela model” of peace and reconciliation as a template relevant to Asia, emphasizing its three key components: for the first Mandela’s belief in a generosity that is rooted in a “forgiving and forget” approach; Secondly, rejection of “revenge, vendetta and victim”; And thirdly, inclusive democratic governance and respect for public office as a “people’s confidence”, demonstrated by Mandela’s volunteer exit after completing a selected period.
Mushahid also praised Mandela’s support for the fighting for the population of occupied Palestine and occupied Kashmir and described him as a “principled statesman”.
He called the current era “the century of the resurgence of the global south, which included Asia, Africa and Latin America, and paid tribute to Ghana’s basic leader Kwame Nkrumah, whom he called an architect for non-customization and master of Pan African entity, laid a wreath at Nkrumah’s Mausoleum in Accra.
Mushahid assured African leaders that Pakistan-Aphrica-tape would elaborate on in areas such as diplomacy, trade and investment, education, IT, mining and critical minerals.
While in Accra, he also approached the Pakistani community at a Pakistan Day event and met representatives of African think tanks, leading media characters and business leaders.
