Pakistan

PM Nawaz urges UN chief for plebiscite in Kashmir

Premier stresses upon Ban Ki-moon to work towards implementing UN Security Council resolutions on Kashmir

Web Desk September 27, 2015

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif shakes hands with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the UN headquarters in New York on September 17, 2015. PHOTO: PID

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called upon the UN secretary-general to work towards implementing UN Security Council resolutions on Kashmir.

During his meeting with Ban Ki-moon in New York on the occasion of 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Sunday, Nawaz called for plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir to resolve the longstanding issue, Radio Pakistan reported.

He also raised the issue of ceasefire violations by India on the Line of Control and working boundary.

Read: PM arrives in New York for 70th UN General Assembly session

The premier called upon the UN chief to play his role in ending unprovoked ceasefire violation by India.

Dilating on his domestic agenda, PM Nawaz assured the UN Secretary General that the fight against terror is his top priority.

Pakistan seeks to have new relationship with Afghanistan and is ready to assist the country in the process of reconciliation, he added.

Ban Ki-moon expressed concerns over the tension prevailing between Pakistan and India, and called for beginning of dialogue between the two countries to resolve all outstanding issues.

He lauded Pakistan's contribution to UN peacekeeping efforts and paid homage to the efforts of its peace-keepers.

COMMENTS (21)

Tony Singh | 8 years ago | Reply Nawaz Sherief should make public what Ban ki Moon told him abt plebicite

vicktor d'souza | 8 years ago | Reply Do something realistic and positive and make the LoC the final international boundary.

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Indian | 8 years ago | Reply @Imran: NS is just trying to appease your awam and Raheel Sharif. You u really think he is serious abt Kashmir?

Harinder Singh | 8 years ago | Reply Pak doesn't have any proof of India's "involvement" because that is just a fairy tale. Nobody ever takes Pakistan's words seriously for this reason. Pak is trying to deflect criticism of its strategy to breed "strategic assets" that went horribly wrong. Now they want to blame it on somebody. Who better than India?

Prada | 8 years ago | Reply Yawn. Whatever.

Girish | 8 years ago | Reply The more Pakistan keeps saying 'Kashmir Kashmir' in the UN the more it becomes irrelevant. Modi on the other hand completely ignored anything about Pakistan and was more focused on bringing business and UNSC permanent seat to India. Summary: Nawaz Sharif is behaving like a Saas stuck in a generation gone behind who always keeps complaining on anything and everything and therefore is an irritant to whomsoever he meets while Modi is behaving like a world leader who is occupied with 'how to improve things in India and around the world'.

Vakil | 8 years ago | Reply @Ravi: No no... they likely just used the 'papers' (dossiers-whatever) for something else (some other 'function') ...paper is a precious commodity after all !!

Mayuresh | 8 years ago | Reply Hope indian leaders have enough brains to ignore this stuff purely orchestrated to please domestic audiences.

Hasan | 8 years ago | Reply Pakistan failed to provide evidence against India proving once again that there is no evidence and all the talk of evidence is only to fool own people to scare them from Indian boogie man to divert their attention from internal corruption and mismanagement.

Sunil Maheshwari | 8 years ago | Reply @Ravi: Coming on 30 Sept when PM give his speach

UNKashmir | 8 years ago | Reply Ban Ki's daughter is married to an Indian guy from Delhi. So Ban Ki is not going to help you. Indian connections run deep everywhere.

Bairooni Haath | 8 years ago | Reply Mian Nawaz Sharif is paying $ 8000 per night for his Waldorf-Astoria suite. Pakistan knows to spend on the important things when the national interest is at stake.

Bairooni Haath | 8 years ago | Reply Mr. Nawaz Sharif went with an entourage of 73, hope they all accomplished their goals during the visit!

Bairooni Haath | 8 years ago | Reply Mission accomplished! Now to more important things.

Imran | 8 years ago | Reply We are wasting our time with Ban-Ki-Moon who is just a puppet. Just yesterday he said he expects India to assume leadership role in South Asia. We need to strategize better. Writing two letters to UN and announcing the letters was killer move. We should focus on such moves.

Raj NYC | 8 years ago | Reply Congratulations, Prime Minister Shareef, and Pakistan! This is good! Good that Pakistan wants this issue resolved in a civilized and peaceful fashion. So, for the sacrosanct plebiscite to be held, Pakistan has to vacate Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, remove any settlers therein, and claw back the part of the beloved Kashmir given away to China, and hand it all to India. Then, India, under UN auspices, will get the plebiscite done. Yup, that is what the UN resolution calls for, and requires. Soooo, when is the Honorable Prime Minister following up on his sacred initiative? So when will he instruct (!) the COAS to travel to the sweetest, deepest friend China and get the part of Kashmir that is so beloved to Pakistan that was just handed like a used tissue to a foreign nation back? Please wake me when that happens, if I am still alive....

Khan | 8 years ago | Reply Lets assume there was a plebiscite held in Kashmir .. and lets assume they decide to be part of Pakistan, Now what benefit do we get from all this fuss and mess created in the last many decades. Are we going to stop asking for loans from that point onward? Will we have electricity 24/7 and less unemployment? How does that affect future of our children? Please stop this nonsense for once and for all .. no one is interested in this so called issue outside Punjab. Lets accept LoC as an international boundary on both sides and stop the unauthorized crossing of borders. India also does not agree with Azad Kashmir being our part but they are not wasting their time on this issue like our PM but is busy bringing in building their society and economy.

Sartaj not so aziz | 8 years ago | Reply Sartaj Aziz' dossier were blank papers where he asked Hamid Zaid to put anything he wants and signed by "conviction king" Khwaja, and sealed by COAS. Do not put things which looks like mere fantasy and not facts. UN is not a fiction book reading group.

Mayank,bhopal | 8 years ago | Reply Where is dozier about india involvement?

Ravi | 8 years ago | Reply Where are the dossiers on India? Did Sartaj Aziz and Nawaz Sharif forget to carry with them to the UN?

Rex Major | 8 years ago | Reply PM Sharif and UN S-G Moon apparently did not talk with each other but at each other. They both addressed completely different issues.

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