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ISLAMABAD, (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz
Sharif Tuesday said it was an obligation for him to become
the voice of Kashmiris who were being oppressed in the
Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK).
“I will leave no stone unturned to make the world
understand the plight and the legitimate struggle of the
people of Kashmir,” he said.
The Prime Minister was chairing a preparatory meeting on
the United Nations General Assembly UNGA at here at the PM
House, said a press release.
He observed that denial to right of self-determination
for Kashmiris in the IOK was one of the persistent failures
of the United Nations.
The right of self-determination was the basic right of
the Kashmiris, he said, adding that they would make every
effort to support the Kashmirs in IOK to achieve their goal.
Advisor to PM on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, Special
Assistant to PM Tariq Fatemi and Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmed
Chaudhry, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative in the UN Dr
Maliha Lodhi, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States
Jalil Abbass Jilani and other senior officials attend the
meeting.
The meeting reviewed the agendas to be included in the
next session of the United Nations General Assembly in which
the Prime Minister was expected to participate.
It observed that Kashmir remained an unfinished agenda
of the United Nations and accordingly, India must realize that
Kashmir was not its internal matter, rather it was a matter of
regional and international concern.