{"id":5237,"date":"2025-04-27T03:04:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T03:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=5237"},"modified":"2025-04-27T03:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T03:04:47","slug":"pakistan-pushes-for-lifting-curbs-on-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=5237","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan pushes for lifting curbs on Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Four-and-a-half months since the fall of the Assad regime, Pakistan hopes Syria&#8217;s new leadership will chart a course toward inclusivity, stability, and prosperity following 14 years of civil war in the Arab country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After years of conflict and immeasurable suffering, the Syrian people deserve a future that is marked by dignity, stability and opportunity,&#8221; Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, told the UN Security Council on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The international community must seize this moment to support Syria&#8217;s transition,&#8221; he said during a briefing on the political and humanitarian situation in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, the Pakistani envoy urged a comprehensive reassessment of the sanctions on Syria, saying they limit access to essential goods, services and financial resources.<\/p>\n<p>Sanctions &#8220;must not hinder humanitarian relief or national recovery&#8221;, he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With over 80% of the population living below the poverty line and with the economy in crisis, unilateral coercive measures severely constrain humanitarian efforts and post-conflict reconstruction,&#8221; Ambassador Asim said.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan, he said, was concerned about profound humanitarian and regional consequences stemming from the protracted conflict in Syria, suggesting a comprehensive approach to address the crisis.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four-and-a-half months since the fall of the Assad regime, Pakistan hopes Syria&#8217;s new leadership will chart a course toward inclusivity, stability, and prosperity following 14 years of civil war in the Arab country. &#8220;After years of conflict and immeasurable suffering, the Syrian people deserve a future that is marked by dignity, stability and opportunity,&#8221; Ambassador [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}