ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has categorically rejected reports that it has decided to shelve the Kashmir dispute ‘for the time being’ due to internal crises.
Reacting to a report published in a section of the Indian media which claimed that “Pakistan may junk the Kashmir issue temporarily,” Foreign Office spokesperson Abdul Basit called it ‘misleading and far-fetched’.
The Times of India had reported that the Pakistani establishment, in a bid to carry forward its peace plan on Kashmir, had invited leaders of both factions of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) to Islamabad for talks to explain its ‘changed position’ on the long-standing dispute.
Pakistan’s High Commissioner in New Delhi Shahid Malik, accompanied by a few other members of the diplomatic staff, drove to hard-line APHC leader Syed Ali Geelani’s winter address in Delhi on Saturday and handed him an invitation from Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar.
The report said: “Malik has already invited the chairman of the moderate wing of APHC, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, along with Shabir Shah and Nayeem Khan to Pakistan for talks on its change perception on Kashmir.”
However, Pakistan denies the assertion.
“There was no change in Pakistan’s principled position on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute,” added the Foreign Office spokesperson.
“The government and people of Pakistan strongly believe that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute should be resolved in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions and aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.”
Pakistan will continue extending its moral, political and diplomatic support to valiant Kashmiris in their legitimate struggle for right to self-determination, Basit added.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 28th, 2012.
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Pakistnis can never be reformed !! it's a dead society !!
KashmirMuslim: Brilliant idea, Why dont u apply for the Pakistan Green Card first.
@Observer: I don't think you can wish away the aspirations of Kashmiri Muslims- I can tell you that members of my family will consider to consider ourselves Pakistani no matter what India says as will the majority of Muslim Kashmiris. Challenges or no challenges, Kashmir's destiny is with Pakistan and one day you will realise that an entire people cannot be held against its will indefinitely.
Looks like after Baluchistan, Pakhtun areas and Sindh go independent, the new Afganistan of S Asia will be Pakistan Punjab, home of the sub-continental TALEBAN.
The Kashmiris will break away from Pakistan the first chance they get - they want total independence - I should know my wife is one them!
@Zeta: Many many thanks for the links, but as you might already know that Indians are different kind of "human breed" with whom reasoning, logic and facts don't work. As one commentator befittingly mentioned "sharm tum ko magar nahin aati", I will add "baghal main churi, monh main ram ram".
"Here lies a nation that fought till the very end for the ideal of a free Kashmir. Also buried here is destiny of its 180 million citizens, the dreams of its founder, buried here is the ideal of being the leader in the Islamic world. His last words were Kashmir...Kashmir...Kashmir..." RIP
@Ubaid:
You will need to find a different line - eating grass and crawling - you already are. It is not future tense anymore. A bird in hand (Balochistan) is worth two in the bush (Indian Kashmir...Indian Punjab etc.). Focus on education and strengthening demoracy in the country you have
@Butt: How can you forget the atrocities on Kashmiri Pandits , why you ar shying away from paying Price,...... independence , I wud say forget it stop Dreaming
Funny (and outrageous) how Pakistanis keep shouting international dispute, international dispute, international dispute, international dispute. I don't understand if they deliberately act silly or they genuinely believe as if India occupied some faraway land and carried out atrocities and then International community stepped in.
Let us for a second forget that, that insignificant UN resolution is now irrelevant. But doesn't everyone know that it was basically INDIA that went to UN TOCOMPLAIN THAT 'SEE PAKISTANIS HAVE INVADED OUR LAND (yes, culturally, historically and LEGALLY an Indian land). LOOK, THEY ARE KILLING OUR PEOPLE AND CARRYING OUT ATROCITIES.'
Doesn't this by common sense means, the only disputed land is Pakistan occupied Kashmir?
I don't think Pakistanis have low IQ or lack commonsense. I think they are just trying to act oversmart .
The Kashmiris should fight their own battles. It is not Pakistan's problem. Pakistan is much better off pursuing peaceful relations with India and taking advantage of a South Asian economic commonwealth. Anyway, it's unrealistic for Kashmiris to think that they will be better off as an independent state - their economy is based on tourism, which isn't saying much. Better for them to stay part of India and participate in that country's economic growth. Reconciliation is far more productive than recidivism.
Root cause of Pakistan's present condition is nothing but Kashmir. In the process of liberating Kashmir, Pakistan has ended up in this mess which no one knows how to clean. cause of Pakistan's break up will be her Kashmir policy. There is no way India will let go away Kashmir. Entire India stands like a solid rock when it comes to Kashmir or any other part of India. Pakistan should worry of saving Baluchistan and Sindh. If Pakistanis keep poking their nose in Kashmir, India will certainly pay back through Bluchistan, Sindh and KP. In the end you may end up with a Pakistan just inside Punjab and land locked. Time to see the writings on wall before its too late.
@ Indian friends: who posted on this story. Only one thing i just want to know, WHY ARE YOU SO WORRIED ABOUT BALUCHISTAN,ITS OUR INTERNAL MATTER NOT AN DISPUTED AREA LIKE KASHMIR. So go and get a life, Kashmir is disputed Area between Pakistan and India since 1947 and is in agenda list of UN. Baluchistan is internal matter of Pakistan neither a disputed area nor in UN agenda. So you have to worry about Tamils, Asam, Khalistan movement i mean keep your own house united, other wise in the greed of Baluchistan you may lost yours own. SO STOP CRYING ABOUT BALUCHISTAN ITS OUR MATTER AND WE WILL SOLVE IT. IT LOOKS LIKE STUPIDITY WHEN AN INDIAN SPEAK ABOUT BALUCHISTAN IN RESPONSE OF KASHMIR ISSUE.
Kashmir is our jugular vein and we will have it.
@KashmiriMuslim: "Please give us visas so we can move to Azad Kashmir and be part of the great fortress of islam, Pkaistan!"
Wow! Indians would love you if you can make that happen. Killing two birds with one stone and making everyone happy. Your idea belongs to the Nobel Peace prize class.
@Zeta: Painful for Kashmiris!!!....I think the bloodshed would be reduced if you stay away from it. I don't think anyone is missing Pakistan or will miss Pakistan....in fact people have realized that the involvement of Pakistan infact has spoiled the case to an irrecoverable extent; a movement has been widely accepted as a terrorist movement which without Pakistan's involvement wold have remained a genuine struggle and would have for sure invited intervention from responsible world community...... Just a different view for a change to your mind....
If the report is true, I congratulate Pakistan for the smart move. Every single problem that Pakistan faces today can be attributed to being Kashmir and India centric. This obsession has made Pakistan bankrupt and broke (physically). Indo-phobia has done more harm to Pakistan and India itself.
By the way,Can anyone pls tell me why Pakistan is so Concern about Kashmir?? It is internal issue of India. And answer to counter question of Indian interfere in East Pakistan is that it was ur people from East Pakistan who were Coming and flooding Indian State of West Bengal and Bihar,not any Indian had gone their. And War was started after action of PAF pre emptive strike on western airfield of India and not by Indian Army.
I am a muslim from valley of IOK. We love pakistan and we want to be called pakistani. Can all these pakistani brothers posting here, appeal to your government and army to let us be pakistani. Please give us visas so we can move to Azad Kashmir and be part of the great fortress of islam, Pkaistan!
Kashmir is International Disput only for Pakistan,for India it is an internal issue.UN has also removed Kashmir from the list of Disputed territory.About Refferendum,Pakistan should C first two points of conducting refferendum which states that Pakistan should remove it's army and person from Kashmir.
Destroy Ind : Your name says it all. Other than Sindhis and Baloch, all you have is Punjab. Kashmir belongs to India and on your own terms it is Azad. Northern territories status is in limbo. Pak's writ doesnt apply in more than half of NWFP. They are on their own world. So is there anything left, Coming to Indian states, do u know how many states are in India. Do u know what happened to the Punjab problem, ie Khalistan. Dead and buried. The naxals are not demanding secession, they want India to become communists instead of capitalist/socialist. The ULFA has surrendered and talking peace now. Burma and Bangladesh turned the violent mob leaders to India already. Cane u name any secessionist problems in Kerala, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, MP, UP Uttarkhand. Orissa, AP, Rajasthan, Bihar etc etc The list is big man.
The territorial dispute over land - called Kashmir , which is partly controlled by Pakistan and partly by India. Dispute will cannot be resolved in any ones favour. Pakistan's stand is that Kashmir rightfully belongs to them..But there is yet to have an independent free & fair elections in that part of Kashmir by the Pakistan govt . As per one study done by muslim organisation from middle east, there are just handful of Kashmiris who wants to be part of Pakistan. Kashmiris have already seen the treatment meted out to Indian Muslims who migrated during partition to land of pure muslims. Enough Water has flowed in Indus, Chenab since 1947 , since dispute of K started ...the wishful thinking of many writers here on message board about Kashmir being part of Pakistan needs to come to terms at earliest for growth of the region. Pakistan can choose to live perpetually in delirium state. World isnt going to wait for Pakistanis to come to reality.
@Vasan: Name one seccesionist movement that is actually fighting for independence in Sindh. I challenge you to give the name of even one seccesionist movement. And still if "Sindhis and Balochistanis" are all you can come up with, then the joke is on you, because I can name two dozen in India! Lol
PS: It's really laughable to see Indians crying about Balochistan. Maybe they forgot Kashmir is an internationally disputed territory and that majority of Kashmiris do not hold a favourable view of India. The situation is really the opposite in Balochistan, where only two or three sardars are fighting for independence. Keep your heads buried in the sand LOL
@vasan:
I Second you.
I cant understand these pakistanis. They keep talking about tamils, tamils and tamils. I am a Tamil living in Tamilnadu for ages. It is the most peaceful state in India and loyal to India as a nation to the core. If that shows the knowledge of Pakistanis about India, their comments are laughable.
@Butt: We all know that you are pakistani.. lol..
Maoist do not want independence. They want socialist type govt and they feel that they love India more than others... Pls read in detail about them. They want to throw out capitalist govt and want to establish govt like old china and soviet.. And they want their fare share and freedom in forests..
Kashmiri separatists Muslims:- They are free to go to their beloved country Pakistan. Why are you occupying our ancestors land ??..
When all of you fight, politicians make happy living including the so called jihadi leaders of Kashmir! When will we realise that this is just an election plank for politicians on both sides and nothing serious about it.?
The issue is Kashmir. This is an internationally recognised issue. I am surprised at the childish comments made by indians about Baluchistan. It is not relavant to this topic as Kashmir is recognised as a disputed terriroty by the UN. If the issue was Khalistan or tamil state it would be the same as Baluchistan but Kashmir is different. Further it is both countries interst to resolve this bilateral dispute, but Tamil Elam or Baluchistan is internal issues. Finally the Baluch issue has to be resolved and it is important to ask the Baluch why they think that they should have the historic land of jats when they themselves claim to be from Syria and arabs.
I am from Indian Occupied Kashmir. India is parrotting the 'atoot ang' mantra for the past 65 years. We Kashmiris will be the first domino to fall in the Indian Republic, opening floodgates to others. We will shoe the way to Maoists, Nagaland, Assam, Khalistan and all others on how to fight for your right and freedom. We want freedom from Indians who continuously trample on our rights, tortures, killings, rape etc. United India's days are numbered. LONG LIVE KASHMIR!
Our case on Kashmir is strong but the lawyer is weak
This article for my Indian friends, the true and ugly face of India!!
http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=95048&Cat=9
@Chill: All that talk when all you wanted to say was "BALOCHISTAN ZINDABAD"
@Ubaid: Then crawl! If you arent already. Going by the looks of it, you already are. Poor Punjabi. And yeah just in case you forgot. Balochistan Zindabad.
@Chill: Already Maoist control 45% of your territory in the famous ‘red corridor’. It's more like 95% - we are all Maoists here.
@Arijit Sharma: Your own officials figures in 2009 were 43,000. http://articles.cnn.com/2009-03-23/world/kashmir.fighting1five-militants-six-militants-indian-army?_s=PM:WORLD
unreported mass graves . http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/world/asia/23kashmir.html
Deny it all you can, but the truth remains the same. Kashmiris themselves doesn't to be part of state of india and will are dying for it.
@To all these other indians ranting on, Kashmir is a internationally disputed terroritory, You can't claim the same for Balochistan. Placing two of these on same plate is as idiotic as putting daal and chicken on same
Kashmir is an integral part (atoot ang) of India, so Pakistanis should keep their mouths shut at this issue. You have no right to speak on Kashmir, Speak on Balochistan or Gilgit Baltistan, or Shias or Ahmadis. Don't interfere in India's internal affairs.
@ Arjit Sharma
As Ghalib aptly put 'Sharam tum ko magar nahi aati" which fits Indians!
Indians believe it was their 'high point' when they broke Pakistan into two. Little did they realize that they are starting a chain reaction all over sub continent for independent countries to be carved out. And India will be the main target for that.
Don't worry, you are on your way to have many independent states, without any external help. Already Maoist control 45% of your territory in the famous 'red corridor'.
Pakistan should really be focusing on its failing economy, sectarian killings and terrorist organisations which have put the country on the brink. All these problems have cropped up and accumulated since Pakistan has always remained Kashmir/India centric right from its birth, whereas India focused on its economy with positive results.
They really could have chosen a better time to speak those words after their Balochistan self-determination tantrum. People have already made the hypocrites call numerous times and there's little denying it. But to freshly confirm it, in such a perfectly worded way, is just funny.
@Zeta: " ... The Blood of 93000 martyrs must not go in vain .. "
What blood ? What martyrs ? 93000 is the number of Pakistani soldiers/para military who surrendered in the 1971 war.
Pakistan officially denies the report. So, report in the Indian media must be true.
@Zeta
The Blood of 93000 martyrs must not go in vain
You mean in Balochistan??
lol who cares on what Pakistan's stand is, Pakistan is not getting Kashmir, ever. Whether it is morally right or wrong, India will keep the majority part of Kashmir that is already under its control. The only plausible solution to this is the LoC being declared an international border.
Pakistan cannot do anything to change this reality. All it can do is send a few terrorists who kill 100-200 Indian civilians every 2-3 years, but the same terrorists have already killed nearly 30,000 Pakistanis since the beginning of war on terror. Terrorism hurts Pakistan way more than it hurts India.
don't worry...will not allow Baloch blood to go in vain as well...
Good luck !!
@Zeta: 93000 or 93 million? While you are at it, why not be a little generous with those numbers?!
Indian establishment is just as worried about the Kashmir issue "thrown aside". They make their living too from a constant threat of war with Pakistan. It is funny that there are so many vested interests on both sides that do not encourage peace.
Pakistan will continue extending its moral, political and diplomatic support to valiant Kashmiris in their legitimate struggle for right to self-determination.
Yes indeed, but Pakistan won't be alone, they will jointly supported by Islamic Republic of Balochistan.
Should India start its moral/diplomatic and political supports to Balochistanis and Sindhis ?
lol. How does it matter. It is non issue for the world. It is an issue only for the punjabis of pakistan.
It will be very painful for the Kashmiris if the our utterly incompetent government put this issue on side. The Blood of 93000 martyrs must not go in vain