Pakistan disagrees with linking US aid to gay rights

[Adnan Faruqi]

Pakistan disagrees with linking US aid to gay rights

ISLAMABAD - The Foreign Office dropped a clear hint on Thursday about Pakistan’s disagreement with the United States over its policy to link future US aid to any country with the protection of gay rights.

A reporter drew the attention of Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit here at his weekly press briefing to a statement at the recent UN Human Rights Council meeting by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in which she said gay rights were human rights and in future US aid would be linked with ensuring them.

Basit was told that the UN reported that representatives of about 47 missions were present there and nobody walked out and there was standing ovation for Clinton. He was asked if Pakistan’s policy had changed on the issue and if he thought gay rights were human rights? “This issue has been coming up at different international forums.

Recently, I remember at the Perth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, a delegation did propose some language on gay rights for the Perth communiqué, and I remember several countries including Pakistan did not support the language for inclusion in the Perth document,” said Abdul Basit. “We are of the view that these are sensitive issues and sometimes they directly clash with peoples’ and counties’ cultural and religious ethos,” he said further.

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[Sinnerman108]

Pakistan disagrees with linking US aid to gay rights

ISLAMABAD - The Foreign Office dropped a clear hint on Thursday about Pakistan’s disagreement with the United States over its policy to link future US aid to any country with the protection of gay rights.

A reporter drew the attention of Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit here at his weekly press briefing to a statement at the recent UN Human Rights Council meeting by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in which she said gay rights were human rights and in future US aid would be linked with ensuring them.

Basit was told that the UN reported that representatives of about 47 missions were present there and nobody walked out and there was standing ovation for Clinton. He was asked if Pakistan’s policy had changed on the issue and if he thought gay rights were human rights? “This issue has been coming up at different international forums.

Recently, I remember at the Perth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, a delegation did propose some language on gay rights for the Perth communiqué, and I remember several countries including Pakistan did not support the language for inclusion in the Perth document,” said Abdul Basit. “We are of the view that these are sensitive issues and sometimes they directly clash with peoples’ and counties’ cultural and religious ethos,” he said further.

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So they forget what happened to the people of Lut ?

leave alone Pakistan since it's a muslims country, doesn't the pope in Vatican even say a word about this ?

The further we stay from USA the better.

 

[somebozo]

Thats seriously retarded, US is trying to attack every moral fabric of our society from religion to social order. Pakistan is not India..alhamdulliah!

 

[Doctor09]

gay rights have no place in my country . gay rights are contraindicated to moral, social and religious values of Pakistani society .
linking aid to gay rights shows the exact intentions of USA to morally degrade our social and religious values

 

[W.11]

WTH has the american aid money whih is tied with WOT got to do with gay rights??

i highly suspect americans are becoming a gay nation, stop being ***** and gay, america

 

[TARIQ BN ZIYAAD]

Assalam alaikum

All the reasons to stay away from this gay rights supporting country

TARIQ

 

[Sher Malang]

What has aid to do with gay rights? if this is accepted, after this 'Do more' to Pakistan would have some other meanings too. lol

 

[lem34]

Tell these american faggoxs & liars to go and do what they want in their own country and leave us to live how we want to live. We just dont want their way of life we are muslims

 

[untitled]

میں نے اسے ختم کر دیا

 

[fd24]

They are coming out with some incredible crap? Who does their smooth talking for them? Do they spurt cr*p like this thinking they will make friends in our nation? Quiter the contrary - we just want them to go where the sun dont shine! Who is their think tank or opinionator that come out with this rubbish? They better be careful - or we will send our own Cheng to them to facilitate them with their thinking!!!

 

[lem34]

This is the americans way of showing respect for others beliefs

 

[KS]

Thats seriously retarded, US is trying to attack every moral fabric of our society from religion to social order. Pakistan is not India..alhamdulliah!

Yes, we are not dependent on US aid and IMF aid.

Why don't you people stop bringing in India at the drop of a hat ?

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What has aid to do with gay rights? if this is accepted, after this 'Do more' to Pakistan would have some other meanings too. lol

Epic

 

[blain2]

Thats seriously retarded, US is trying to attack every moral fabric of our society from religion to social order. Pakistan is not India..alhamdulliah!

This is not specific to Pakistan. Pakistan has all the right in the World to say no to the US aid. Even in the US, there is resistance to such measures.

 

[Peregrine]

Is sodomy punishable by death in Pakistan?...... If YES.. then, Americans already know, where Pakistan stands on gay rights..If you ask me, it's a blessing in disguise, We can finally break the American aid shackles, which are holding us back from being self-reliant.

 

[Jango]

What does WoT aid have to do with Gay rights?