Pakistan has condemned the allegations made by the Afghan envoy against Pakistan at the Indian-led Security Council meeting. Foreign Office spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry said the Security Council platform was used for propaganda against Pakistan. Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Munir Akram, in a letter to the President of the Security Council, recorded the protest and said that Pakistan had been treated unfairly by failing to respond to the allegations made by the Afghan envoy. It considered decisions such as the deployment of peacekeepers for an armed conflict, the imposition and removal of trade, financial or defense sanctions on a state, and the fight against a state that threatens international peace in defiance of Security Council directives. Five permanent and 10 non-permanent members are by majority vote. India has been a non-permanent member of the Security Council for two years. Under Security Council rules, the presidency is assigned to ano...
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