United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday termed the improved security situation of Pakistan as “absolutely remarkable”, noting that Islamabad, which looked like a “fortress” a few years back had now become a family station for the world body’s staff.
Guterres was responding to a question regarding “Pakistan’s journey from terrorism to tourism” after a seminar at Islamabad’s National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST). “We are witnessing the state becoming present, both from the point of view of security [… and] basic service, development in an absolutely remarkable transformation,” he said. “I can see how Pakistan not only opened its borders, in a world where so many borders are closed, but Pakistani people open their houses and their hearts in [an] enormous demonstration of generosity,” he said while referring to the influx of Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Will UN be able to mediate the Kashmir conflict? The Kashmir conflict has been on going for years now, and if UN could do anything to solve the conflict, the peace Organization would have done so. However, we at most times forget that the organisation is build up of countries that have conflicting interests and that barely ever come on the same page to support a cause and solve a conflict. Thus, that explains one of the reasons why the mediation between Pakistan and India might fall through.