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A news has emerged from the corridors of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which has once again exposed the double standards of global diplomacy on the issue of terrorism. Pakistan and China had cleverly presented a proposal to declare Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its suicide wing ‘Majeed Brigade’ as a global terrorist organization, but America, along with France and Britain, has completely foiled this attempt. This development is not only a diplomatic defeat for China-Pakistan, but is also a reflection of the changing equations on the global stage.
How China-Pakistan’s ‘masterplan’ flopped
In September last year, Pakistan, along with China, had demanded blacklisting of these organizations under the ‘1267 Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee’ of the Security Council. Pakistan’s representative Asim Iftikhar Ahmed, in his arguments, tried to show that these organizations are using the soil of Afghanistan. However, America used its diplomatic power to stop this proposal from moving forward. The surprising thing is that America itself had included BLA in its ‘Foreign Terrorist Organization’ list in 2019, but this time it has given a big message by vetoing the China-Pakistan resolution in the UNSC.
The game of double standards on terrorism
China’s attitude in the war against terrorism has always been under question. Remember that this is the same China which in the past had put ‘hold’ on many proposals made by India and America to ban Pakistani terrorists globally and put them on hold. Now that the tables have turned in the Security Council, the joint resolution of China and Pakistan has become a noose around their necks. Experts are calling it a game of ‘diplomatic checkmate’, where despite being the vice-chairman of the Anti-Terrorism Committee, Pakistan failed to fulfill its intention.
The definition of terrorism is dependent on geopolitical interests.
In the past, the names of these organizations have come up in the terrorist attacks on Karachi Airport, Gwadar Port and Jafar Express train. Despite this, the US and Western countries blocking this resolution shows that the definition of terrorism at the international level often revolves around the geopolitical interests of the superpowers. This development makes it clear that as long as global powers continue to use terrorism only for their own benefit, fighting in one voice against this global scourge will remain a distant dream. At present, this step has dealt a major blow to the diplomatic credibility of Pakistan and China on the global stage.
