Exclusive: Hindu Pak lawmaker lambasts national leadership for making light of norms of diplomacy

Stressing on the need for ensuring secrecy in diplomacy, Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, Patron General of Pakistan Hindu Council and a Member of the National Assembly, has accused the Pakistan government of making light of the norms of the diplomacy and foreign policy of Pakistan.

Stressing on the need for ensuring secrecy in diplomacy, Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, Patron General of Pakistan Hindu Council and a Member of the National Assembly, has accused the Pakistan government of making light of the norms of the diplomacy and foreign policy of Pakistan.

Reacting to Imran Khan's controversial letter issue, Vankwani said that there were certain norms and ethics governing the foreign policy and diplomacy, the foremost of which was ‘secrecy’. “There is no sign of secrecy at all. The kind of propaganda that is being done over this letter and indications of using the same to issue statements for the forthcoming elections, has any member of any political party ever considered the kind of damage that this would cause to Pakistan?” he said.

Stating that the proceedings of a diplomacy were hardly ever publicized, Dr Vankwani said that Pakistan relied on documenting the same through photography. “All we want are pictures of diplomatic activities, whereas other countries indulge in diplomacy secretly,” he said. He maintained that Pakistan was mulling a gas pipeline with Russia.

“The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government inaugurated the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project when there were sanctions on Iran. Iran has completed the construction work in its territory. If progress had been made on this excellent project of public interest, the power load shedding and energy crisis would not have been as uncontrollable as it is today. Rather even India would have depended on Pakistan for its energy needs,” he averred.

He charged the government with not completing that project, which could have helped Pakistan earn billions of dollars in terms of royalty from India alone. “They did not complete that project and now they are considering one with Russia,” Dr Vankwani said. Stating that the ambassadors, who had been consulted in this regard had said that Pakistan would have to suffer grave consequences on this account, he asserted that the ministers, who had pledged their support in this regard, would one day leave the Pak PM alone.