Deputy Speaker say Pakistan fully supports the self-determination of
Kashmiri people
ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that
resolution of Kashmir issue is essential for peace and stability in the
region. He said that the use of force against unarmed Kashmiris could
neither crush their independence movement nor change the principled position
of Pakistan.
He expressed these views in reference to the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity Day which is
marked on February 5 every year.
Asad Qaiser said that curfew has been imposed in occupied Kashmir for the
last one and half years due to which the people are deprived of their basic
rights. He expressed concern that there was a shortage of medicines and food
due to the curfew imposed for so many days, which could lead to severe
catastrophe. He urged the United Nations to take notice of the ongoing
barbarism by India in Kashmir and stop India from doing so. The Speaker said
that the silence of the international community on the Kashmir issue could
be a prelude to a major war in the region.
Highlighting Pakistan’s support and principled stand for the struggle of the
Kashmiri people for independence, the Speaker said that the Pakistani
government and people would continue to provide moral, political and
diplomatic support to the Kashmiri people in their struggle for
self-determination at every forum.
Asad Qaiser said that the Parliament of Pakistan is committed to the
peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue as it has always emphasized to
resolve the Kashmir issue in accordance with the resolutions of the UN
Security Council and to stop the atrocities committed by Indian forces in
the occupied valley. He reiterated parliamentary support on every
international and regional forums for Kashmir issue. He said that the
forcible occupation of Kashmir by India was against the moral values of
modern society and the basic right of the people to self-determination.
Speaker NA urged the United Nations to implement its resolutions on Kashmir
and put pressure on India to stop using force. He expressed the hope that
the sun of independence would soon rise in occupied Kashmir and the people
there would be able to live in a peaceful environment.
On the occasion, Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri said that Pakistan fully
supports the self-determination of the Kashmiri people in the occupied
valley and would raise its voice for it on every farm. He urged India to
lift the curfew imposed for the last one and a half years and find a
solution to the Kashmir issue in accordance with UN resolutions.
