Rehman Malik urges FM to move ICJ, ICC against Modi

Islamabad: PPP senior leader and Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator A. Rehman Malik today on Saturday released the second letter he has written to the Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi wherein he has urged him to file a lawsuit in International Court of Justice (ICJ) & International Criminal Court (ICC) against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his accomplices for their crimes against humanity and genocide in Indian occupied Kashmir.

While addressing the press conference, he advised the Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi to follow the precedent set by Gambian Minister of Justice and Attorney General Mr Abubacarr Marie Tambadou who picked the courage and presented the case of Rohingyan massacre before the ICJ and won it proudly.

He said if a small country like Gambia can stand for Rohingyan Muslims why can’t Pakistan go for their own oppressed Kashmiris in ICJ and ICC. He said ‘’ I would like to place on record highest appreciation to Mr. Abubacarr Marie Tambadou, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Republic of the Gambia for filing lawsuit against Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, Ruling Leader of Republic of Myanmar for massacre of Rohingyan Muslims in Myanmar.’’

He said that he along with legal fertility and human rights organization will file lawsuit in the ICJ if government further hesitate to file the reference. He said that alone of curfew 174 days have been passed yet we could not bring any relief to the oppressed people of Kashmir.

In his letter Senator A. Rehman Malik writes ‘’I would also like to refer my earlier letter dated 19th November 2019 wherein I had requested you to kindly proceed against India replicating the action taken by Mr. Abubacarr Marie Tambadou, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Republic of the Gambia against Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, Ruling Leader of Republic of Myanmar for massacre of Rohingyan Muslims in Myanmar.’’ He adds ‘’It must be mentioned here that earlier there were certain apprehensions about this lawsuit filed by Gambian Minister against the Republic of Myanmar but the UN’s highest court has recognized the sufferings of the Rohingyan Muslims, justifying my stance.’’

Senator A. Rehman Malik writes to Shah Mehmood Qureshi that similarly, the Indian government is also involved in Killing members of the group, Causing serious bodily or mental harm to the members of the group, deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; and imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group.

Senator A. Rehman Malik expressed in his letter that above brutalities by Indian troops in Indian Occupied Kashmir are the replica of the genocide of Muslims in Myanmar. He writes to foreign minister ‘’I must say that the Foreign Office under you is doing its best in the available circumstances and the resources but you may like to consider to agree that we need more aggressive moves to get relief to the oppressed Kashmiris by dragging Prime Minister Modi to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).’’ At the end of his letter, he has urged the Minister of Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi to please move a lawsuit in consultation with the Ministry of Law and Justice based on the above proposed legal course of action.

Answering a question, Senator A. Rehman Malik said that he has taken notice on the report released by Transparency International on Corruption in which Pakistan is ranked 120 out of 180 countries on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2019. He said that he has asked the Ministry of Interior to present a detailed report on the matter within 10 days which shall be presented in the next meeting of the Committee. He said he has also taken the notice of contaminated water being supplied to the parliament house, parliament lodges and adjacent sectors. He said he has sought a detailed report from Capital Development Authority.