UNITED NATIONS, Nov 8 (APP): A top Pakistani diplomat has blamed the lack of any progress in the long-running negotiations to restructure the UN Security Council on a “handful of countries” — obviously referring to India, Brazil, Germany and Japan — who, she said, have remained inflexible in their push for permanent seats on the 15-member body. “This selfish pursuit of national ambition is the real reason that has prevented us from making the Security Council more democratic, accountable, transparent and effective,” Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi told the UN General Assembly on Monday. The Security Council is currently composed of five permanent members — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — and 10 non-permanent members that are elected in groups of five to two-year terms. Speaking in a debate on achieving equitable representation in the