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LAHORE, (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz
Sharif said the government and people of Pakistan respect the
sentiments of their Kashmiri brethren and will continue to
support the Kashmir cause at every internationally fora.
He was talking to Chairman Special Committee of the
Parliament on Kashmir and President JUI-F Maulana Fazlur
Rehman who called on the Prime Minister here at Raiwind.
Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman inquired about the health of the
Prime Minister after the surgery and extended his best wishes
for his early recovery.
A statement from the PM’s Camp Office said matters of
national significance were discussed during the meeting.
Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman apprised the Prime Minister on
his recent talks with the Kashmiri leadership over the human
rights violations by Indian military and paramilitary forces
in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Prime Minister said the resolution of the Jammu and
Kashmir dispute was only possible through realisation of the
right to self determination of the people of Jammu and
Kashmir, according to the UNSC resolutions, by holding a fair
and impartial plebiscite under the United Nations.
The meeting reiterated the condemnation of the killing
of Kashmiri leader Burhan Wani and many other civilians by the
Indian military and paramilitary forces.
The Prime Minister said that the voice and struggle of
the people of Indian occupied Kashmir cannot be suppressed
through use of brutal force and human rights abuses.
Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman conveyed the sentiments of the
Kashmiri leadership and people for Pakistan and said that the
Kashmiri leadership looks towards Pakistan in difficult times.
The meeting was attended by Chief Minister Punjab
Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Minister for Interior Ch. Nisar Ali
Khan and Minister for Housing Akram Khan Durrani.