UN Chief to engage with Pakistan, India on Kashmir dispute
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres would engage whenever he could with Pakistan and India on the Kashmir dispute, Spokesman of the Secretary General Stéphane Dujarric said at the daily press briefing in New York.
He said the secretary general had discussed the issue of Kashmir with the prime ministers of Pakistan and India during the recently held General Assembly session.
The UN Secretary General called for the Kashmir dispute to be resolved through dialogue, saying any solution should be rooted in the respect for human rights of the people living in the Valley.
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National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has urged the world parliaments to send their parliamentary delegations to THE Indian occupied Kashmir to see the blatant human rights violations there.
He was addressing a gathering outside the parliament house in Islamabad in connection with the Kashmir day on Friday.
The speaker said he had also written letters to the parliaments across the world about the situation in the occupied Kashmir.
Asad Qaiser said Pakistan would go to any extent in support of their oppressed Kashmiri people.
He said Pakistan was united on the issue of Kashmir. “The National Assembly, Senate, the government and the opposition will become the voice of Kashmiri people and plead their case at different levels.”
Asad Qaiser also hailed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech in the UN General Assembly saying he forcefully presented the case of Kashmiri people at the world body.
In his remarks, Chairman Kashmir Committee Fakhar Imam said the people of Pakistan will not refrain from any sacrifice for the cause of Kashmiri people. He said the future of Pakistan and Kashmir is interlinked.
