Pakistan, April 16 -- The debate around UN reforms has been a listless affair for decades. A diplomat stands at a podium in New York, hands clasped behind his back, and repeats lines about fairness that are met with knowing shrugs. Something different happened on Tuesday when Pakistan's Permanent Representative Asim Iftikhar Ahmad addressed the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council reform. Reaffirming Pakistan's consistent policy, he called the veto itself "anachronistic" and insisted it should be abolished or at least severely restricted. He reminded the Council that misused vetoes have paralysed the body during wars and humanitarian crises and that expanding the number of states holding this privilege would only aggravate t...