{"id":6709,"date":"2023-09-22T15:22:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T15:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pm-kakar-addresses-78th-session-of-unga\/"},"modified":"2023-09-22T15:22:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T15:22:31","slug":"pm-kakar-addresses-78th-session-of-unga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pm-kakar-addresses-78th-session-of-unga\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Kakar addresses 78th session of UNGA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch  media--embed  \">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"\ud83d\udd34LIVE | Caretaker PM Anwar ul Haq Kakar address to UN General Assembly |  | Dawn News Live\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gY54x74T838?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar is addressing the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, US.<\/p>\n<p>At the outset of the address, the premier said world leaders had gathered together at a \u201ctense and pivotal moment in history\u201d, referring to the Russia-Ukraine war and tensions between other global powers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see rise of old and new military and political blocs \u2026 geopolitics is resurging when geoeconomics should have primacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that far reaching commitments were made to implement sustainable development goals (SDGs) during the climate summit yesterday and called for the realisation of these commitments through the \u201crechanneling of unused special drawing rights for development and resolution of debt problems of 59 countries in debt distress\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan\u2019s triple food finance fuel challenge is a prime illustration of the impact of Covid conflict and climate on developing countries,\u201d the prime minister highlighted, adding that the country was one of the worst affected countries from impact of climate change.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"disgusting-reality-behind-hindutva-politics-can-ensnare-the-world-in-fires-of-war\" href=\"#disgusting-reality-behind-hindutva-politics-can-ensnare-the-world-in-fires-of-war\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>\u2018Disgusting reality behind Hindutva politics can ensnare the world in fires of war\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>In an interview to on the sidelines of the session earlier today, PM Kakar warned that the \u201cdisgusting reality\u201d hidden behind Hindutva (Hindu nationalism) politics could ensnare the world in the \u201cfires of war\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He passed these remarks in response to a question pertaining to Canada\u2019s recent allegations against India pertaining to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader.<\/p>\n<p>In an unprecedented flareup of tensions on Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1776704\/indian-envoy-expelled-as-pm-trudeau-links-delhi-to-sikh-leaders-death\">said<\/a> Ottawa was \u201cactively pursuing credible allegations\u201d linking Indian government agents to the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, outside a Sikh temple in British Columbia in June.<\/p>\n<p>The two countries, whose relations have been fraying in recent years over the issue of Sikh separatists, have since announced tit-for-tat expulsions of senior diplomats and issued tit-for-tat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1776905\/us-urges-india-to-cooperate-with-canada-in-sikh-leaders-murder-probe#:~:text=India%2C%20Canada-,update,-travel%20advisory\">travel advisories<\/a>. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s government denied any links to the alleged murder.<\/p>\n<p>A day ago, PM Kakar had termed the rising wave of Hindutva a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1777104\/rising-wave-of-hindutva-a-matter-of-deep-concern-for-international-community-pm-kakar\">matter of deep concern<\/a>\u201d for the international community, including the United States. Addressing the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on the sidelines of the UNGA, the premier had linked Modi\u2019s ideology of Hindu nationalism with Canada\u2019s allegations against India.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese ideologues of Hindutva, they are becoming emboldened in a manner that they are now going beyond the region,\u201d PM Kakar had said, highlighting that the \u201cunfortunate killing\u201d of the Sikh leader \u201cis a reflection of that ominous tendency\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Talking about the matter during an interview in New York ahead of his address at the United Nations General Assembly today, PM Kakar said: \u201cWe will raise [the issue] at different forums, not because we want to do any propaganda against India, but because of the disgusting reality hidden behind Hindutva\u2019s political agenda in which fascism and chauvinism are very deeply rooted, it is such a dangerous phenomenon that it can ensnare the whole region and the rest of the world in the fires of war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PM Kakar went on to say, \u201cWe will continue playing our role in highlighting that major issue \u2026 we will talk about it wherever we get the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The premier said Hindutva politics had affected the region, particularly Balochistan, adding that Pakistan had evidence to support its claims, which included the confession of high-ranking Indian military officer Kulbhushan Jadhav.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been suffering this face and side of India but the problem is that this is hitting Western capitals now,\u201d PM Kakar said.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan, he continued, would not mock Western countries for not paying heed to the warnings but would instead play a role in ensuring that the danger [of Hindutva] was understood and action was taken to stop it.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister said the slain Sikh separatist leader was \u201cinnocent\u201d and a \u201cmartyr\u201d, adding that the murder of an innocent person was a \u201cmajor crime\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia as a state has killed humanity on Canadian soil which cannot be condemned enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Questioned about what Pakistan would do at the international level regarding the rise of militancy and its expectations from the global community, PM Kakar said the country\u2019s own capacity to deal with terrorism on its own was \u201cquite capable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan is a successful case story that it has not allowed its state structure to be challenged by all the counterterrorism operations waged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said Pakistan was in close coordination and open communication with countries around Afghanistan regarding the rise in terrorism, adding that the whole region was concerned with the issue.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar is addressing the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, US. At the outset of the address, the premier said world leaders had gathered together at a \u201ctense and pivotal moment in history\u201d, referring to the Russia-Ukraine war and tensions between other global powers. \u201cWe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/09\/2220132113a26f5.jpg?r=201336","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}