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Pak criticised for backing UN resolution on Iraq
Islamabad, Aug 16: A leader of Pakistan`s largest Islamic party criticized the government today for backing a new UN resolution that welcomes Iraq`s US-appointed governing council and approves a mission to help rebuild the country.
Islamabad, Aug 16: A leader of Pakistan's largest Islamic party criticized the government today for backing a new UN resolution that welcomes Iraq's US-appointed governing council and approves a mission to help rebuild the country.
Khurshid Ahmad, deputy chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, said
that by backing the US-sponsored resolution, Pakistan has
tried to help legitimise America's ``occupation of Iraq.''
Ahmad's party is part of a religious coalition that controls a provincial government in northwestern Pakistan and neighbouring southwestern Baluchistan province. Both provinces share a border with Afghanistan.
The UN resolution, approved by the Security Council on Thursday, authorises a new UN mission to oversee efforts to help rebuild Iraq and establish a democratic government. The United States hopes the resolution will lead to international engagement with the council.
The Security Council vote was 14-0, with Syria abstaining because of its opposition to any endorsement of the 25-member Iraqi council, appointed by the United States.
Ahmad said Pakistan ``cannot justify its military or any other related support to the US occupation of Iraq on the basis of this resolution.''
Despite being a US ally in the war on terror, Pakistan has yet to decide whether to send troops to Iraq. The country's Islamic groups say sending troops to Iraq would violate the basic tenets of Islam.
Bureau Report
Ahmad's party is part of a religious coalition that controls a provincial government in northwestern Pakistan and neighbouring southwestern Baluchistan province. Both provinces share a border with Afghanistan.
The UN resolution, approved by the Security Council on Thursday, authorises a new UN mission to oversee efforts to help rebuild Iraq and establish a democratic government. The United States hopes the resolution will lead to international engagement with the council.
The Security Council vote was 14-0, with Syria abstaining because of its opposition to any endorsement of the 25-member Iraqi council, appointed by the United States.
Ahmad said Pakistan ``cannot justify its military or any other related support to the US occupation of Iraq on the basis of this resolution.''
Despite being a US ally in the war on terror, Pakistan has yet to decide whether to send troops to Iraq. The country's Islamic groups say sending troops to Iraq would violate the basic tenets of Islam.
Bureau Report