There was no lobbying agains GSP+ status, as has already been proven in this thread. It was fake news by PML-N that was then spread by other touts. Exactly how could anyone demand GSP+, an EU status, be revoked at an UNHCR meeting anyway ?
The claim that a viral clip shows Kasim Khan demanding the suspension of Pakistan’s GSP+ status with the European Union at a UNHRC summit is false.
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Ahem - Yes - that makes it all right...
Quoting that actually proves the exact point rather than refuting it. You can dress it up in the polite PR language of human rights, but when you go to an international forum and explicitly argue that Pakistan is violating its "binding commitments under the GSP+ framework," the
only functional outcome you are asking for is the suspension of that trade status.
This is trite. IK nor his supporters have ever wished for Pakistanis to go against the US. Pakistans economy is directly beneficial thanks to US trade and friendly relations. IK himself has said that and tried to have warm relations with Trump during his first stint.
What I’m replaying to is throwing all your self respect in the trash saluting a guy hated amongst the Muslim world for a Nobel peace prize. I mean self respect aside, this has never been an effective strategy. Bending over backwards and having no agency has not worked for Pakistan. Ever.
This “beggars can’t be choosers” horn PPP/PML N has player for years. It’s old and doesn’t reflect at all IKs views. The reality is whenever Pakistan’s leadership has bent backwards to the US there has been one common factor
It is usually a dictatorship or control of power by a sole authority much like Musharraf. They do it to keep their seat not for Pakistan. Don’t be fooled.
Dig deeper and you’ll see who really is anti Pakistan
You are completely rewriting history to fit your current argument. You cannot claim "IK never wished to go against the US" when he built his entire post ouster political survival strategy on the Cypher narrative, literally accusing Washington of orchestrating a regime change conspiracy and whipping his base into a "Haqeeqi Azadi" anti-American frenzy. You don't get to run a scorched-earth, anti-US populist crusade at home and then play the "we just want friendly trade" card when it's convenient.
Second, you argue that bending backwards to the US is what dictators do to keep their seats. What exactly do you call PTI's current strategy? Your party's overseas wing has spent the last two years hiring DC lobbying firms, pushing US Congressional resolutions, and is now actively begging the new Trump administration to pressure the Pakistani military to release IK. You are literally asking the American "overlords" to intervene in Pakistan's internal politics so your leader can get his seat back. How is begging Washington to act as your political referee an example of "agency" or "self respect"?
Finally, "beggars can't be choosers" isn't a PDM slogan; it's a mathematical reality. You can complain about self respect all day, but self respect doesn't finance the national deficit or pay the import bill. The ultimate hypocrisy of your position is demanding absolute sovereignty in public rallies, while privately leveraging US politicians to fight your domestic battles. It proves the exact point: it was never about actual independence from the US, it was only ever about making sure the US backs
your guy.
Nope. I very clearly replied and exposed the logical fallacy.
This is like saying you’re in bed with Israel if you attend a UN committee with them part of it.
Unless you genuinely believe IK or his sons support a separate balochistan we both know this is cheap political point scoring.
Now if you may please, I’m still waiting for an answer to my posts beyond “cultist!!”
No, your UN committee analogy is functionally backwards. Attending a broad, multi-nation UN assembly where Israel happens to be present is unavoidable international diplomacy. But Imran Khan's son didn't accidentally walk into a random UN assembly; he co-hosted an incredibly specific, targeted panel on human rights in Pakistan, and deliberately shared that highly curated platform with a vocal, active separatist.
You do not share a microphone on a specific, targeted issue with someone whose primary political goal is dismantling your country unless you are willing to legitimize their presence to amplify your own cause. Even if I don't believe IK or his sons
want a separate Balochistan, it proves they simply don't care who they legitimize or what damage they do to the state's optics, as long as it hurts their political enemies in Rawalpindi.
As for wanting an answer beyond "cultist," I gave you one regarding the GSP+ status, which you conveniently ignored. If you go to Europe and explicitly argue that Pakistan is violating the "binding commitments of the GSP+ framework," you are asking for that framework to be suspended. There is no other logical outcome to that specific legal argument.
So the non-cultist answer you are looking for is this: you cannot claim the moral high ground of wanting to save Pakistan while actively lobbying to crash its primary export lifeline and put millions of working class textile workers on the street, just to punish the military for locking up your leader.
And exactly what you are doing is peddling
fake news from
PMLN media cell as "facts":
Here is what he actually said:
I rest my case:
The claim that a viral clip shows Kasim Khan demanding the suspension of Pakistan’s GSP+ status with the European Union at a UNHRC summit is false.
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This is exactly the kind of naive, literalist defense that proves my point. You are arguing that because he didn't explicitly utter the exact words "please suspend the GSP+ status," he wasn't asking for it. That is not how international trade law or lobbying works.
When you stand in front of international bodies and explicitly state that Pakistan is violating its
"binding commitments under the GSP+ framework," you are pulling the exact legal trigger that the EU uses to suspend that status. GSP+ isn't just a generic human rights award; it is a conditional trade tariff exemption. The
only enforcement mechanism for violating its binding commitments is the revocation of those trade benefits. You don't bring up the specific framework of an economic treaty to a human rights body unless your goal is to threaten that treaty.
It’s like walking into a bank, telling the manager that a business is currently violating all the terms of its loan agreement, and then turning around and saying, "But I never
literally asked you to cancel their loan!"
You can call it PMLN fake news all you want, but the mechanics of the speech are undeniable. He deliberately linked his father's imprisonment directly to the specific trade framework that keeps Pakistan's textile industry alive. Doing that while sharing a stage with a Baloch separatist isn't a plea for human rights and instead is a calculated threat to nuke the country's economy if the military doesn't release his father.
And lastly, tagging every other random member in your replies to try and perform as the aggrieved party doesn't make your argument any stronger. It just makes it look like you need an echo chamber to validate a deeply flawed defense.
