Indian actions in occupied Kashmir pose grave risk to regional peace: Sarwar

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on Monday said that the international powers should play their due role for the solution of the long standing Kashmir dispute.

Talking to the United States Consul General Catherine Rodriguez, who called on him Lahore, Chaudhry Sarwar said that the Indian aggression and brutalities in Occupied Kashmir have jeopardized peace in the region, Radio Pakistan reported.

During the meeting, Pak-US relationship, Kashmir issue and regional situation were discussed. The governor said that Pakistan welcomed the offer of the US President Donald Trump for mediation on the Kashmir issue.

On the occasion, the US Consul General said that Pakistan and US were coming closer and bilateral relations between President Trump and Prime Minister Imran Khan were exemplary.

Earlier on August 28, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Sirajul Haq had said that Narendra Modi-led Indian government had put regional peace at risk by illegal annexation of occupied Kashmir through a presidential decree., ARY News reported.

Addressing a public rally in Lower Dir, Sirajul Haq had urged the international community should exert pressure on India to end its atrocities in occupied Kashmir. He had maintained that the aggressive designs of Modi government had threatened regional peace and stability.