{"id":5799,"date":"2025-05-01T18:04:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=5799"},"modified":"2025-05-01T18:04:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:04:54","slug":"pm-thanks-china-for-endorsing-pakistans-call-for-probe-into-pahalgam-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=5799","title":{"rendered":"PM thanks China for endorsing Pakistan\u2019s call for probe into Pahalgam attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday thanked Chinese Premier Li Qiang for endorsing Islamabad\u2019s call for a credible and transparent international investigation into the April 22 attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), which left 26 people dead.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister made the remarks during a meeting with Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong at the Prime Minister&#8217;s Office in Islamabad, where he also expressed gratitude to China for its consistent support amid escalating regional tensions.<\/p>\n<p>He conveyed his best wishes to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li, and appreciated Beijing&#8217;s understanding of Pakistan&#8217;s principled stance on India\u2019s recent actions.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, on Saturday, described the Pahalgam attack as another example of the ongoing blame game, stating that Pakistan is open to any &#8220;neutral and transparent&#8221; investigation into the incident in IIOJK.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement from the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, Sharif reiterated Pakistan\u2019s unequivocal condemnation of terrorism in all its forms. He noted that as a frontline state in the global war on terror, Pakistan had sacrificed over 90,000 lives and suffered economic losses exceeding $152 billion in pursuit of peace and security for the region and the world.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that India&#8217;s recent aggressive posturing risks diverting Pakistan\u2019s focus from critical counterterrorism operations against groups such as IS-KP, TTP, and BLA, militant networks operating from Afghan territory.<\/p>\n<p>Sharif also condemned what he termed India\u2019s &#8220;water aggression,&#8221; describing New Delhi\u2019s reported efforts to weaponize water resources as a violation of the Indus Waters Treaty. \u201cNo party has the right to unilaterally deviate from international agreements,\u201d he said, calling such actions a serious breach of trust and a threat to regional stability.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister stressed that a peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute is essential for lasting peace in South Asia. \u201cWithout resolving the Kashmir issue, the region cannot achieve sustainable peace,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Jiang thanked the prime minister for clearly outlining Pakistan\u2019s perspective and reiterated China\u2019s support for peace and stability in South Asia. He affirmed that Beijing shares Islamabad\u2019s vision for a peaceful region and will continue to stand by Pakistan on all core issues.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday thanked Chinese Premier Li Qiang for endorsing Islamabad\u2019s call for a credible and transparent international investigation into the April 22 attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), which left 26 people dead. The prime minister made the remarks during a meeting with Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong [&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-5799","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\/5799","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=5799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}