Pakistan

CPEC a ray of hope, says AJK President

CPEC is a ray of hope for Balochistan

Our Correspondent January 20, 2017

The president hailed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s speech at the United Nation General Assembly and added that the premier projected the legitimate aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, especially their right to self-determination. PHOTO:WASEEM NAZIR/EXPRESS

QUETTA: President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Masood Khan said on Thursday that the Kashmiri people will not be suppressed by the Indian excesses and aggression. While addressing the Kashmiris living in Balochistan during a photo exhibition organized by Farzind e Kashmir and United Jammu and Kashmir he said that Kashmir is the unfinished agenda of the partition of India which will be accomplished by Kashmiris. He said that CPEC is a ray of hope for Balochistan, Kashmir and the rest of the country. Masood Khan said that after assuming the charge as president, it was his first visit to Balochistan during which he has held meetings with provincial leadership, trade fraternity and others. He also had an opportunity to meet with the officers at Command and Staff College Quetta.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 20^th, 2017.