Islamabad, October 20, 2022 (PPI-OT):Adviser to the Prime Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that the present government is projecting the Kashmir dispute in every national and international forum. Qamar Zaman Kaira was addressing “Judicial Consultative Conference on Kashmir dispute, ‘The current situation in IIOJK – Legal options and way forward” which was organized by the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan at Kashmir Council Secretariat in Islamabad on Thursday.
He said that the purpose of the conference on the Kashmir dispute was to obtain legal guidance on the case of Kashmiris. He added that Pakistan was determined to resolve the Kashmir dispute but India continued to refuse to implement the United Nations relevant resolutions. The Advisor said that India was trying to divert attention from the United Nations resolutions and the UN Convention and the recent amendments were another attempt to change the demography of the territory.
He said the right to vote was being given to Indian nationals and India was taking the lead from Israel’s experience in Palestine. He said that the Hurriyat activists in Kashmir had kept this issue alive with their sacrifices and the entire nation stood with the Kashmiris. Kaira said that earlier the political leadership of Azad Kashmir was invited in which the current and former presidents and prime ministers were consulted. Now, for a legal opinion on it, ex-judges and senior lawyers have been invited to further improve our understanding on this issue, he added.
He said the suggestions coming from this conference will be forwarded to the Foreign Office and other circles. He said that there was a need for dialogue in educational institutions and awareness among the youth about the dispute. He said that various steps were being taken to establish a Kashmir desk in the universities. “It is our responsibility to make the next generation aware of the sensitivity of the Kashmir conflict”, he maintained. Former Chief Justice of Azad Kashmir Syed Manzoor Gilani said that the Kashmir dispute could only be resolved diplomatically and for that political stability in Pakistan was necessary. Former Chief Justice Azam Khan said that the special status of Kashmir was abolished by the Modi regime which was condemnable.
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