Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has again called on India to hold meaningful and result-oriented talks for the resolution of Kashmir issue, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
PM Shehbaz Sharif reiterated Pakistan’s moral, diplomatic and political support to Kashmiri brethren while addressing the AJK Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday, on the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity Day.
Expressing solidarity with the people of Kashmir, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday urged India to enter into a meaningful dialogue with Pakistan to resolve the issue because the solution to the issue lay in negotiations, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Addressing the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, he also asked India to shed its post-August 5, 2019 bellicose posture, saying it was in the interest of the region.
He further said that India could not suppress the Kashmiris' struggle for independence through the use of force. “India must wake up to the situation and hold a plebiscite in the occupied territory as per the United Nations resolutions,” the prime minister asserted.
He said India must be mindful of the fact that Pakistan’s desire for peace should not be misconstrued as its weakness, adding the country was a nuclear state and its people as well as the army were committed to its defence.
Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed Pakistan's unflinching and continuous political, diplomatic and moral support to Kashmiris in their just struggle for right to self-determination. He paid glowing tributes to the Kashmir martyrs and Hurriyat leadership for rendering matchless sacrifices for independence.
He said the founder of the nation Quaid-e-Azam had already declared Kashmir as jugular vein of Pakistan.
Shehbaz Sharif said our Kashmiri brothers and sisters are rest assured that Pakistan will never sit back and watch silently while Kashmiris continue to suffer Indian atrocities.
He said India must end the implementation of black laws, extrajudicial killings of Kashmiri youth, incarceration of Hurriyat leadership, changing demography of IIOJK.
The Prime Minister warned that being a nuclear power, our quest for peace must not be construed as our weakness. He urged India to come to the amicable settlement of the lingering Kashmir issue in line with UN resolution and wishes of Kashmiris.
He said that it is the obligation of the international community, peace and justice loving nations and organizations to put pressure on India to allow the Kashmiri people to freely determine their own future.
The Prime minister said we will divert all resources for speedy development of AJK and providing better traveling, health and education facilities to the people of the state.
He also announced the opening of Danish Schools in different districts of AJK.
Meeting with APHC leaders
Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan will continue its unwavering moral, diplomatic, and political support for the Kashmiri people until they get their right to self-determination, in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
During a meeting with the leaders of All Parties Hurriyat Conference in Muzaffarabad, he said Jammu and Kashmir dispute is a cornerstone of Pakistan's foreign policy and will remain so.
Shehbaz Sharif urged the international community to take action against India's aggression and human rights violations in illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. He said the sacrifices of Kashmiris who laid down their lives in the struggle for the right to self-determination will not go in vain.
He asked Federal Minister Engineer Amir Muqam to formulate a strategy to address the concerns and issues of refugees in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The APHC leaders praised the Prime Minister and the Government of Pakistan for expressing solidarity with the Kashmiris and commended the unwavering support for the Kashmir freedom movement.
They also praised the Prime Minister for highlighting the Kashmir dispute at the platform of the United Nations.
Meeting with PML-N delegation
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has assured government's full cooperation in efforts for the welfare of the Kashmiri people.
He was talking to a delegation of PML-N Azad Kashmir led by Shah Ghulam Qadir in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday.
The Prime Minister asked the delegation to play an active role in addressing the issues of the Kashmiri people and take special measures for the development of the youth of Azad Kashmir.
The delegation expressed their appreciation to the Prime Minister for the initiatives taken by the Government for the welfare of the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif landed in Muzaffarabad on a day-long visit to Azad Kashmir during which he will address the at AJK Legislative Assembly, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
PM Shehbaz Sharif was presented a guard of honour at the AJK Assembly. He will also meet with the leaders of All Parties Hurriyat Conference.
Shehbaz Sharif was accompanied by Federal Minister for Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs Engineer Amir Muqam, Federal Minister for Industries and Production Rana Tanveer Hussain and Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar.