PM vows to continue extending support to Jammu Kashmir

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said he effectively presented the case of Jammu and Kashmir at the OIC summit held in the Gambia.

According to the media reports, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his views while talking to a delegation of Hurriyat leaders of Jammu and Kashmir, which called on him in Muzaffarabad today (Thursday, May 16). The delegation comprised Mahmood Ahmed Sagar, Ghulam Muhammad Sufi, Syed Faiz Ahmed Naqshbandi, Altaf Ahmed Bhat, Shehzad Wani, Ijaz Rehani, Zahid Ashraf and Altaf Hussain Wani. Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq and federal ministers were also present during the meeting.

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Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister reiterated that Pakistan will continue extending its moral, political, and diplomatic support to Kashmiris. He said the Foreign Office and Pakistan’s Missions abroad will play their due role in further highlighting the Kashmir dispute at the international level. He also urged the Pakistani media to play its role in appraising the world of Indian atrocities in the Occupied Kashmir.

PM Shehbaz Sharif directed Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Amir Muqam to further improve coordination with the Hurriyat leaders. Pakistan categorically rejects New Delhi’s unilateral and illegal measures regarding the status of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, he said, adding that Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognized dispute, pending unresolved on the agenda of the UN Security Council for over seven decades.

The Premier added that the future of Jammu and Kashmir should be decided as per the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions and wishes of the people of Kashmir. He said India cannot shirk its international obligations through its so-called legislation and judicial decisions.

The Hurriyat leaders congratulated Pakistan’s prime minister on his ability to mediate the recent crisis in Azad Kashmir. They hailed the Pakistani government for showing support for the Kashmiri people and denounced the illegal and unilateral actions taken by India over the region’s status.