Pakistan on Thursday reiterated its call for the Afghan authorities to take action against the groups or individuals involved in terror activities in Pakistan and cautioned that they should not test the patience of the Pakistani people. “We urge Afghan authorities to take Pakistan’s repeated requests seriously and ensure that action is taken against these terror groups. The patience of Pakistani people must not be tested with respect to the terror threat we continue to face from entities and individuals in Afghanistan,” Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said at her weekly press briefing. She told the media that not only Pakistan but also the Moscow Format and Neighboring Countries Format states had also called it the responsibility of Afghan authorities to act against such groups and ensure that their soil was not used against Pakistan or any other neighboring country.

The spokesperson rejected as “speculation” and “motivated by agenda” a news report on any joint security mechanism between Pakistan and China for the security of Chinese nationals in Pakistan, and urged the media to ascertain the motives behind such stories as being the iron brothers and strategic partners, both Pakistan and China had robust dialogue and cooperation based on mutual cooperation and respect for each other’s sovereignty. She said both countries had the resolve and capabilities to foil any attempt to harm their bilateral relations. Highlighting the diplomatic activities took place during the last week, the spokesperson mentioned Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s participation in the World Leaders’ Climate Action Summit of the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, held from 11th to 22nd November in Baku where he addressed the World Leaders’ Climate Action Summit and high-level sideline events of the summit, including the Climate Finance Roundtable hosted by Pakistan and the Glaciers 2025: Action for Glaciers hosted by Tajikistan.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar also represented Pakistan at the high-level event, delivering an early warning for all and addressing extreme heat besides highlighting the importance of early warning systems for climate-induced hazards. She also mentioned the prime minister’s meetings with the presidents of Azerbaijan, Turkiye, United Arab Emirates and Nepal and the prime ministers of the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, and Denmark, the Chinese Vice Premier, and the Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh. The spokesperson apprised the media of the prime minister’s participation in the Extraordinary Arab Islamic Summit on the situation in the Middle East, held in Riyadh where Pakistan condemned the Gaza genocide, Israeli aggression against Palestine and Lebanon, and the recent strikes on Iran.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan