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- Pakistan’s representative made the call in his statement at the sixth committee of the UN General Assembly in New York
- Usman Jadoon emphasized Pakistan’s role in the fight against terrorism and its key contribution in dismantling Al-Qaeda
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s acting permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Usman Jadoon regretted insufficient progress on evolving and diverse forms of terrorism and called for “comprehensive” global counter-terrorism reforms, Pakistani state media reported on Friday.
The Pakistani diplomat said this in his statement at the sixth committee of the UN General Assembly in New York, the state-run Radio Pakistan broadcaster reported.
Jadoon emphasized Pakistan’s role in the fight against terrorism and its key contribution in dismantling Al-Qaeda as well as the 80,000 casualties it suffered in the war on terror.
“He raised concerns about state-sponsored terrorism from across Pakistan’s borders, highlighting threats posed by groups like the TTP, Daesh, and the [Baloch separatist] Majeed Brigade,” the report read.
“He urged the international community to ensure that counter-terrorism measures are not misused to violate human rights and international humanitarian law as is occurring in occupied Palestine and Jammu and Kashmir.”
Pakistan, which has fought militants for decades, has strengthened its protocols and agreed to enhance cooperation with multiple countries in counter-terrorism domain in recent years.
In January, Pakistan and Britain agreed to further enhance cooperation in counter-terrorism at a meeting between Pakistan’s Interior Secretary Aftab Akbar Durrani and Simon Ridley, second permanent secretary of the British Home Office, in Islamabad.
In Dec. 2023, Islamabad hosted an inaugural session of the Pakistan-UK Counter-Terrorism dialogue, according to the Pakistani Foreign Office. The Pakistani side was led by Director-General (Counter-Terrorism) Abdul Hameed, while the UK delegation was led by Chris Felton, head of Counter-Terrorism and Extremism Network (CTEN) for Asia.
The dialogue covered a wide range of areas, reflecting the depth and breadth of counter-terrorism cooperation between the two countries, the Pakistani Foreign Office said.