Kashmir leaders welcome Nawaz’s UN speech
A number of prominent Kashmiri leaders on both sides of Line of Control on Saturday warmly welcomed Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s speech before the UN General Assembly.
The leaders, including those of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), appreciated the Prime Minister Nawaz for drawing world attention towards the lingering issue of Kashmir.
Commenting on the speech, Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Chaudhry Abdul Majeed said Premier Nawaz strongly pleaded the case of Kashmiris by highlighting the issue in its true perspective.
Leader of the Opposition in AJK Legislative Assembly Raja Farooq Haider Khan hailed the address and said it would give a new impetus to the Kashmiris’ liberation struggle.
Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Chaudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir said the prime minister presented the true sentiments of the Kashmiri people at the UN.
Deputy parliamentary leader in AJK Legislative Assembly Chaudhry Tariq Farooq said Nawaz reminded world leaders about UN resolutions on the Kashmir issue, which had not been implemented.
Senior APHC leader Professor Abdul Ghani Butt said that the administration of Indian Kashmir had failed to help the flood-affected people of the region.
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Yasin Malik, in a statement, said the massive destruction due to floods could not be compensated without the aid by the international institutions and non-governmental organisations.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 28th, 2014.
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ET please correct the title to "Kashmir separatists" and not leader. the fact is that they do not have support of even 12 % of Kashmiris.
@Tony Singh: @Who: It is not only the legality of it, which too can be debated. One is not dealing only with real estate, one is talking of real people. What's land without people? If the people's desire was accommodated in Junagadh & Hyderabad by going against the respective Rulers' wishes, it was because there were legitimate reasons. A district in Kerala that was overwhelmingly Muslim (as it is now) wasn't allotted to Pakistan & a district in East Bengal that was overwhelmingly non-Muslim (Buddhist/Tribal) was not allowed to remain in India. There were legitimate reasons for that too. Wishes of people of State of Jammu & Kashmir as it existed in 1947 were never found out. That is the tragedy of J&K..
In scoring sterile points in an infantile debate like this let not the People-Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist/Sikh-be forgotten. The PMs of India & Pakistan are sensitive to People. They are not just lawyers scoring debating points. And so they meet & talk. To come to terms. So that future generations can live in peace. They know: Seek not a perfect answer to an intractable question. Make the question redundant.
@Tony Singh: It's flawless argument! I was wondering why no Indian PM ever thought of it before & unnecessarily kept the matter open for discussions either at UN-Security Council or Tashkent, Shimla, Lahore, Agra etc etc. Obviously compared to these brilliant posters they were useless as PMs so far as Kashmir is concerned. May be the answer lies in history, in Junagadh & Hyderabad, but let's not go there lest it may disturb the pair of ostriches. May be between Indo/Pak the K-issue will never be solved; the two inheritors can only learn to live with it as one does with some genetically inherited congenital quirk.
@Who: Why don't you point out the flaw in the argument, instead of mocking it?
@raghvendra: Such a brilliant argument from both of you! All the PMs of India from Nehru, Indira to Shastri, Rao & Vajpayee were quite dumb compared to you that this simple point never occurred to them. Now you must become an Advisor to Modi & teach him this. You might become joint Bharat Ratnas!
@maheswar deka. rightly said bro...The ownership of entire Kashmir state rests with India because of the merger of the state of Kashmir with India.The legal merger of the kingdom of Kashmir with the rest of India (with the consent of King Hari Sinh) happened on 27th October of 1947,Till now,a part of the Kashmir state is occupied by Pakistan.India should get occupied Kashmir called ‘Azad Kashmir’ back from Pakistan. In the light of the above,Pakistan has no justification to claim Kashmir and to internalise Kashmir issue. With the merger of Kashmir state with India,the fate of the Kashmir state has got settled. So, Pakistan must take back its unjustified claim on Kashmir and let India live peacefully.
The ownership of entire Kashmir state rests with India because of the merger of the state of Kashmir with India.The legal merger of the kingdom of Kashmir with the rest of India (with the consent of King Hari Sinh) happened on 27th October of 1947,Till now,a part of the Kashmir state is occupied by Pakistan.India should get occupied Kashmir called 'Azad Kashmir' back from Pakistan. In the light of the above,Pakistan has no justification to claim Kashmir and to internalise Kashmir issue. With the merger of Kashmir state with India,the fate of the Kashmir state has got settled. So, Pakistan must take back its unjustified claim on Kashmir and let India live peacefully.
@yugal: You are right except that they extort money from India too. And they are incapable of winning an election.I still regret that Modi govt recently gave these jobless chaps the publicity they didn't deserve.
When Nawaz was speaking only few heads of states were present in the assembly hall but when Modi was speaking the hall was near about full of its capacity. It proves how much weightage World leaders gives to Pakistan..lol
These self certified leaders do not have guts to prove how much backingthey haveof the people by participating in free and fair elections. No one other than Pakistan considers them to be leaders of Kashmiri people- certainly not bulkof the Kashmiri awaam.
who is the Kashimiri leaders? Jo Pakistan se paise lete hain and Indian govt se facilities. They are not taking part in elections becoz they know their Aukat.