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Suresh Nambath
Suresh Nambath
CHENNAI: In the face of criticism from the United States for encouraging “unhelpful resolutions, especially on issues relating to religious freedom and the Middle East” at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Pakistan said it wanted “freedom of expression” to be balanced with “respect for religion.”
According to a cable sent by the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad ( 153464: confidential) on May 12, 2008, Hasan Javed, Director General of the United Nations and Economic Cooperation Division of Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responding to U.S. concerns on this issue, said: “We are not as advanced as you are” in terms of respect for freedom of religion and could not always control the reactions of sometimes ignorant crowds.
But, the cable suggested that Pakistan was defensive about its pro-active stand on resolutions that were not to the liking of the U.S.
Instead of traveling with the times, Pakistan is traveling backwards to middle-ages, but with sophisticated Nuclear Arms, which is very dangerous to the World.
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