Muzaffarabad, (Parliament Times) : Prime Minister Azad Kashmir Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq has welcomed the 34-point declaration of the OIC in which the Muslim body reiterated its all out support for the Kashmiris’ right to self determination and called for an early settlement of the dispute in line with the UNSC resolutions
.In his special statement, the Prime Minister Haq also welcomed the OIC conference’s demand seeking the UN Security Council’s role to implement its resolutions on Kashmir to help the Kashmiri people to determine their political future.
The AJK premier hailed Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar for raising the issue of Kashmir vociferously at the OIC summit held in Gambian capital.
He said that Mr. Dar’s demand for an immediate end to Indian atrocities in Occupied Kashmir, release of political prisoners and withdrawal of the actions India took to forcibly integrate the occupied state into India were genuinely justified.
The PM said that it was incumbent upon the international community to resolve the long pending dispute peacefully.
He also welcomed the OIC Secretary General Hussain Ibrahim Taha’s contention on the issue of Kashmir.The Prime Minister said that influential word governments especially the members of the UN security council should act in light of the Banjul declaration and take effective measures to seek a permanent solution to the Kashmir dispute. Terming resolution of Kashmir dispute as the key to ensure lasting peace in the region, the AJK premier said that India must shun its obduracy and move forward to resolve this long-standing conflict amicably in line with the wishes and aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
