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UNITED NATIONS   –  The UN Common Meeting Tuesday adopted, by consensus, a decision, launched by Pakistan on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) that proclaims March 15 as Worldwide Day to Fight Islamophobia, saying it was geared toward selling a tradition of tolerance advert peace globally.

The decision was sponsored by 57 members of the OIC, and eight different nations, together with China and Russia. Underneath its phrases, the decision strongly deplores all acts of violence towards individuals on the premise of their faith or perception and such acts directed towards their locations of worship, in addition to all assaults on and in non secular locations, websites and shrines which can be in violation of worldwide legislation.

“Islamophobia is a actuality,” Ambassador Munir Akram, Everlasting Consultant of Pakistan,  informed  the 193-member Meeting, noting that the phenomenon was rising and should be addressed.

He mentioned Prime Minister Imran Khan was the primary to lift the problem of Islamophobia on the UN in his historic 2019 tackle to the Common Meeting, and had repeatedly referred to as for worldwide consideration and efforts to deal with it.

At this time’s decision invitations all member states, related organizations of the United Nations system, different worldwide and regional organizations, civil society, personal sector and faith-based organizations to watch the worldwide day in an applicable method.

After the adoption of the decision by consensus, a number of member states hailed the doc, however representatives of India, France and the European Union expressed reservations that whereas non secular intolerance was prevalent all around the world, it singled out solely Islam and excluded others. Actually, Indian Ambassador T.S. Trimurti complained that the decision didn’t cowl anti-Hindu phobia, amongst different religions.

In his introductory remarks, Ambassador Akram mentioned Islamophobia’s manifestations – hate speech, discrimination, and violence towards Muslims – have been proliferating in a number of elements of the world.

“Such acts of discrimination, hostility and violence in the direction of Muslim people and communities represent grave violations of their human rights and violate their freedom of faith and perception;  additionally they trigger nice anguish throughout the Islamic world,” the Pakistani envoy mentioned.

Noting the report of UN Particular Rapporteur on Freedom of Faith or Perception that “Since 9/11 terrorist assaults, institutional suspicion and concern of Muslims and people perceived to be Muslim has escalated to epidemic proportions,” he mentioned in such climates of exclusion, concern and mistrust, “Muslims usually really feel stigma, adverse stereotyping and disgrace and a way that they’re ‘suspect communities’ which can be being compelled to bear collective accountability for the actions of a small minority.

“The unfold of Islamophobia, each by way of the phenomenon’s momentum and outreach, is especially alarming today, for it has emerged as a brand new type of racism characterised by xenophobia, adverse profiling and stereotyping of Muslims,” Ambassador Akram mentioned.

“The rise in hate crimes towards Muslims each offline and on-line, in addition to discrimination in training, citizenship, immigration, employment, housing and healthcare sector, amongst others are effectively documented. The gender side of Islamophobia can be gaining prominence, with women and girls being focused attributable to mode of their gown and the overall notion that Muslim ladies are oppressed and thus should be ‘liberated’.”

What certainly is worrisome, the Pakistani envoy mentioned, was that Islamophobia “continues to seek out robust resonance in political spheres, in the end resulting in the institutionalization of Islamophobia by means of new laws and insurance policies similar to discriminatory journey bans and visa restrictions”.

“Varied educational research have revealed that Islamophobia is most seen within the media and within the discourse of far-right teams and political events and teams, who have a tendency to use and construct on the overall concern of Islam for electoral positive factors.”

In some nations, he mentioned anti-immigration and anti-refugee rhetoric had taken an anti-Muslim overtone and had usually change into the central theme of political campaigns.

Ambassador Akram voiced grave concern that a number of media shops continued to propagate concern and adverse stereotypes towards Islam and Muslims, notably by performing as a platform for widespread dissemination of anti-Muslim rhetoric.

“Regardless of its pervasive impacts, Islamophobia stays poorly understood, it’s  important to advertise better info of this phenomena and promote options by means of better understanding and full respect for human rights and basic freedoms.”

From the OIC perspective, Ambassador Akram mentioned, the draft decision served to realize the next targets:– Elevate worldwide consciousness concerning the rising phenomenon of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred;– Ship a transparent message that the world opposes all types of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, adverse stereotyping and stigmatisation; — To advertise the message of tolerance, peaceable co-existence and interfaith and cultural concord amongst all religions, races and nations;– To show by commemorating this Day unfettered solidarity with all humanity, convey a powerful message of respect for human dignity, and reiterate our frequent dedication to ‘unity in range’. “The target of observing this Day is about uniting, not dividing,” Ambassador Akram added.’’

PM Imran Khan felicitates Muslim world

Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday congratulated the Muslim world because the United Nations adopted a “landmark decision” launched by Pakistan, designating March 15 as Worldwide Day to Fight Islamophobia.

Following the adoption of the “landmark” decision by the United Nations Common Meeting launched by Pakistan on behalf of the OIC nations, the prime minister mentioned, “Our voice towards the rising tide of Islamophobia has been heard.” The decision was sponsored by 57 members of the Group of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and eight different nations, together with China and Russia.

Underneath its phrases, the decision strongly deplores all acts of violence towards individuals on the premise of their faith or perception and such acts directed towards their locations of worship, in addition to all assaults on and in non secular locations, websites and shrines which can be in violation of worldwide legislation.

The prime minister has been commonly talking up towards the rising Islamophobia in his addresses at totally different boards or by means of letters to the Muslim world.

 “The UN has lastly recognised the grave problem confronting the world: of Islamophobia, respect for non secular symbols & practices & of curbing systematic hate speech & discrimination towards Muslims,” the prime minister remarked on Twitter. “Subsequent problem is to make sure implementation of this landmark decision,” he resolved. On the world platforms, together with the United Nations Common Meeting, Prime Minister Imran Khan has been calling the world to behave towards Islamophobia and asking the world leaders “to behave collectively to counter the rising phenomenon in non-Muslim states”.

Within the current previous, the prime minister welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to nominate a particular consultant to fight Islamophobia, which he termed a “modern scourge”.

Imran Khan additionally just lately appreciated Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “emphatic assertion” that the liberty of speech couldn’t be a pretext to abuse Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him).

Opposition may even lose 2023 elections, predicts PM

Prime Minister Imran Khan mentioned Tuesday that the opposition’s no-trust movement towards his authorities wouldn’t solely doom, however would additionally pave means for his or her full elimination within the upcoming 2023 normal elections.

“They’ve fallen to their very own entice. I predict, they won’t solely fail of their no-trust movement but in addition lose the 2023 elections,” he acknowledged this whereas addressing a convention of abroad Pakistanis right here.

The prime minister expressed his gratitude to the opposition events for bringing the no-confidence movement towards him within the parliament because it had not solely stirred all of the ranks and information of his occasion throughout the nation, but in addition helped the individuals notice the inside self centered motives of ‘three stooges’.

The prime minister sarcastically identified that the opposition events had made the individuals to neglect the costs of tomatoes and potatoes.

“Have a look at the faces of those three stooges; on one aspect, the individuals noticed Nawaz and Shehbaz Sharif, and on the opposite aspect, Asif Zardari and Fazlur Rehman. Now all of the individuals are heading in the direction of Islamabad to attend the PTI’s gathering,” he added.

Terming the no-trust transfer ‘a particular favour from Allah Almighty’, he mentioned he was fed up with the opposition events’ oft-repeated refrain over the destiny of his authorities.

The prime minister mentioned now he was absolutely targeted on ‘these three thieves’ as they didn’t know the nation. However the nation knew it very effectively how Nawaz Sharif was pampered by former Common Jillani, whereas Shehbaz Sharif delivered fruits baskets and Zardari assumed management of the occasion by promoting tickets.

Imran Khan challenged the opposition events to rival the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in any sector with efficiency as they might miserably fail.

Prior to now, he mentioned, the management of three events had accused each other over corruption and framed graft instances. It was a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief, who had named Fazlur Rehman as ‘diesel’ due to minting cash by means of the sale of diesel permits.

“If these leaders have to avoid wasting the nation, the individuals will favor drowning with Imran Khan moderately than going with them,” he added.

He mentioned the worldwide inflation had hit economies of all of the nations alike however in Pakistan, his authorities was making efforts to scale back the burden of value hike on the lots.

The prime minister, whereas lauding the contributions of abroad Pakistanis for the nation’s economic system, mentioned he had shut contacts hyperlinks with them and realized their points. The expatriates all the time felt ache after they noticed their motherland lagging behind from different nations by way of progress and growth.

They have been tormented to expertise that their earlier leaders lived in palatial homes in costly areas of London, roamed in luxurious automobiles and loved casinos, he added.

The abroad Pakistanis despatched remittances to Pakistan after toiling overseas, however the previous rulers plundered their hard-earned cash to safe their luxurious life fashion, he mentioned, including such acts additionally introduced dangerous title to the nation. Two households stashed away billions of {dollars} within the international banks.

The prime minister, in a veiled reference to the Obama-Sharif assembly, mentioned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif stored on trembling with fears that his phrases may not flip the US president indignant.

Such management might promote out Pakistan for the sake of their corruption and petty pursuits, he mentioned and referred to an Indian journalist Burkha Dutt’s e-book that claimed that Nawaz Sharif held a secret assembly with Indian Prime Minister Modi.

In regards to the Memogate scandal, he mentioned Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani was tasked to convey a message to Washington to avoid wasting Zardari from the military. Equally, the target of the ‘Daybreak leaks’ was a futile try by Nawaz Sharif responsible the armed forces of Pakistan. Modi had been falsely blaming former military chief normal Raheel Sharif whereas Nawaz Sharif was inviting him to marriage ceremonies.

The prime minister expressed that the armed forces of Pakistan have been absolutely able to defending the nation.

Through the ten years of Pakistan Peoples Celebration (PPP) and PML-N rule, he mentioned, about 400 drone assaults have been recorded on Pakistan’s territory. They by no means felt ashamed that Pakistan had been combating their struggle and bracing the drone assaults in return.

“Not a single worldwide legislation permits such act of ‘choose, jury and execution’, the prime minister mentioned, including attributable to that struggle on terror, the nation suffered 80,000 casualties, moreover 3.5 million individuals have been displaced.

He mentioned he had by no means been anti to any nation, together with the US and the UK, as a result of one couldn’t be anti in the direction of the individuals of any explicit nation. “You could be towards sure insurance policies pursued by a rustic,” he mentioned whereas insisting upon his opposition to the US-led struggle on terror. He additional mentioned that he additionally participated in an illustration within the US towards the invasion of Iraq.

The prime minister mentioned except India revoked its controversial and unilateral steps of August 5, 2019 on the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), no dialogue may very well be held.

In India, the Hindutva ideology was being opposed by the realized segments of society, however within the presence of fascists, the individuals have been dealing with the worst persecution, he added.

Imran Khan, whereas mentioning his variations with the insurance policies of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, credited him for his daring stance over Pakistan and his efforts for the preparations of OIC (Group of Islamic Cooperation) summit in Lahore.

About his authorities’s efforts to facilitate the abroad Pakistanis, he mentioned they got the voting rights as being the dear property of the nation. He had all the time insisted for his or her voting rights and participation within the elections.

He additionally urged the abroad Pakistanis to put money into Pakistan by means of joint ventures within the industrial sector as the federal government was providing them an incentive of five-year tax vacation. He additionally talked about different steps to facilitate the abroad Pakistanis, together with issuance of succession certificates and on-line banking transactions.

The prime minister challenged his political opponents to give you any initiative throughout their previous guidelines to match the efficiency of PTI. His authorities, over the past three and a half years, had outperformed the earlier regimes in each side.

He mentioned exports progress was essential for the financial stability and wealth creation and regretted that different nations had left Pakistan behind within the exports sector.

He mentioned the federal government had acquired report remittances attributable to varied incentives whereas amidst the worldwide pandemic, they collected tax to the tune of value over Rs 6,000 billion.

The prime minister additionally talked about success of his authorities’s insurance policies by embarking upon totally different socio-economic uplift initiatives and measures to make sure financial turnaround.

Earlier, PTI Secretary Common Asad Umar welcomed the abroad Pakistanis from 25 nations of the world, who had attended the convention.

He mentioned throughout the previous couple of years of PTI’s authorities, there was a surge in remittances by $ 14.8 billion compared with the ten years of PPP and PML-N governments, recording a rise of whole $13.4 billion. The nation additionally witnessed $7.5 billion enhance in exports, he added.

He mentioned varied mega initiatives of the PTI’s authorities, together with financial, social and environmental, had earned world accolades.