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ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT+APP): Former foreign ministers Shah
Mehmood Qureshi and Hina Rabbani Khar said Prime Minister
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif suitably raised the Kashmir issue in
a well balanced and comprehensive speech at the United Nations
General Assembly.
While talking to a television channel, PTI leader
Shah Mehmood Qureshi termed the Prime Minister’s address balanced
and said it covered all national and international issues, including
Kashmir dispute.
He said the Prime Minister had presented Pakistan’s stance
on all issues of national importance.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi said after a long time Kashmir issue
was highlighted in UNGA. He lauded Nawaz Sharif for courageously
highlighting the Kashmir cause.
He said, terrorism was a big issue in Pakistan which wanted
a peaceful Afghanistan.
Hina Rabbani Khar said Nawaz Sharif had addressed UNGA as per
expectations of the nation.
She said the Prime Minister had asserted that Pakistan was a
peace loving country which did not want confrontation with any
country.
Hina termed the Prime Minister’s speech a need of
the hour and highlighted the Kashmir issue in accordance
with UNGA resolutions.
Other political leaders also hailed Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif for effectively raising the Kashmir issue and conveying
the world leadership, Pakistan’s economic achievements and
vision for regional peace.
They said the speech of Prime Minister was all encompassing
and he effectively raised the Kashmir issue and presented
solid proposals for promoting global and regional peace
and advancing economic progress across the world.
Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit
Baltistan Chaudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir hailed the Prime
Minister for effectively presenting Pakistan’s stance on
Kashmir issue.
The minister, while talking to APP said at
all international forums, Pakistan was already exposing the
atrocities of Indian armed forces in Occupied Kashmir and the
Prime Minister highlighted the right to self-determination of
the Kashmiris.
He said Pakistan had a clear stance that
without the resolution of Kashmir issue sustainable peace was
not possible in the region.
Chairman National Assembly Standing Committee on
Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Malik Ibrar Ahmed said
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif presented Pakistan’s unflinching stance
on the Kashmir issue before the world leaders.
Commenting on the Prime Minister’s address, he said
Nawaz Sharif stressed on the world body to play its role in
resolving the longstanding issue of Kashmir for bringing durable
peace and stability in the South Asian region.
He said the PM raised the voice for giving the
Kashmiris their legitimate right to self-determination in
accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations
Security Council.
Malik Ibrar said PM Nawaz apprised the world about
massive human rights violations being committed in the Indian
Held Kashmir (IHK) to suppress innocent Kashmiris.
This was the fourth address of the Prime Minister to the
UN General Assembly.
Member National Assembly PML(N) Maiza Hameed said it was
for the first time in the history of the country that an
elected Prime Minister pleaded Kashmiri’s case for their right
to self determination in such a strong way.
She said the way Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif presented the
issue of Kashmir in front of international community
was indeed unprecedented.