Eco-terrorism is the buzzword but is it just Pakistan’s way of trolling India?
After the massacre that took place at the district of Pulwama in Occupied Kashmir, tensions swirled through the air between the two arch-foes because India believed it was Pakistan’s fault. India retaliated by crossing the LOC where they claimed that they had killed 300 plus terrorists but turns out, they had only hurt trees.
India’s LOC violation that hurt our trees was noticed and called out by everyone
Payload of hastily escaping Indian aircrafts fell in open. pic.twitter.com/8drYtNGMsm
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) February 26, 2019
And for most people, that was a funny thing
BREAKING: Indian Jets dropped some massive tomatoes in Pakistan injuring 5 trees!!
Ohh shit..!!!#surgicalstrike2 #Balakot pic.twitter.com/ZQ1mRZ8pX8
— Maryam Khan (@Marrie_Eugene) February 26, 2019
Bodies of the martyred trees .
RIP #PakistanArmy#Balakot pic.twitter.com/KXeoRG9on6
— Asghar aliShah (@AAShah444) February 26, 2019
But, Pakistan will be officially lodging a complaint against India for eco-terrorism because it hurt forest lands in Pakistan
Climate Change Minister Malik Amin Aslam said there is an environmental assessment under process since the Indian jets had bombed a “forest reserve”, which will be the foundation of the complaint at the United Nations and other forums.
As mentioned by the government minister, Pakistan plans to put forth a complaint against India at the United Nations where we will be laying charges against India for “Eco-terrorism” over the airstrikes that caused damage to a number of pine trees.
Eco-Terrorism started by #India in the sub-continent, more than dozen Pines trees were bombed by Indian Airforce near Balakot. #Pakistan will be lodging complaint against India in @UN for causing damage to the environment!
Details => https://t.co/6wFwkWZb4H pic.twitter.com/sjbEoDP9xB
— PTI (@PTIofficial) March 2, 2019
The United Nations actually has a law that states, “destruction of the environment, not justified by military necessity and carried out wantonly, is clearly contrary to existing international law”, pertaining to the U.N. General Assembly resolution 47/37.
A lot of people think that this is on some level is Pakistan’s way of trolling India
Pakistani official says Pak is carrying out an investigation on the "eco-terrorism" carried out by India on Pakistani soil when Indian jets bombed trees in Pakistan on Tuesday. Pakistani official says it's not acceptable to bomb trees of another country. Not kidding, this is real
— F. Jeffery 👁 (@Natsecjeff) March 1, 2019
Pakistan filing an “eco-terrorism” UN report against India for killing trees in their country is next level troll.
— Tallie Dar (@talliedar) March 1, 2019
One thing for sure – Pakistanis have an excellent sense of humor! https://t.co/mvtD1eIAH7
— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) March 1, 2019
Some were quite amused by the idea
No trace of the 300 bodies as claimed.
Pak gonna lodge complaint with UN against India's Eco-terrorism destroying its pristine pine forest.Mongi Ji right now!!#ModiFailsNationalSecurity #ModiLies pic.twitter.com/11gxu15ROO
— ₹!Y∆N (@WilderARK) March 1, 2019
Others couldn’t help mention how our PM gets sentimental about trees
After his million and billion tree tsunamis being a rare campaign anywhere in the world, Imran Khan is thought of as someone who really does care about the wellbeing of trees and the environment at large.
Our PM Imran is so touchy about his Trees !! 😃
— Mudassar Malik (@Drmudasr) March 1, 2019
🌴🌳🌲 don't you know how our PM is sensitive about forests. 😐
— Eera Azim (@Eera_Azim) March 1, 2019
And the idea was appreciated by many
Now thats what civilized countries do. Pakistan should give it a serious thought and demand 300 trees in return of Mr Abhenandan
— Dr.Jekyll (@drhaseebnoor) March 1, 2019
But some critics said that there are better things that need to be discussed at the UN
#Eco_terrorism ? Ohh!!!! come on. #India violated sovereignty of #Pakistan. I believe it would be stronger agenda to be discussed in #UN. #GrillIndia
— Muhammad shah (@shah_6040) March 1, 2019
Whether or not this is a troll move by Pakistan remains a secret to us but what’s important to understand is that this move is going to set a very important precedent in international law. Climate change and the depleting ecosystem is possibly the biggest concern that goes unnoticed. If this move does go to the UN, it will allow for a very important discussion on how human encroachment during wars and military conflict affects the environment.
So good move, Pakistan!
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