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Minister calls for concrete steps to resolve Kashmir dispute

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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari has called for concrete measures to resolve the long-standing Kashmir issue.

Speaking at a seminar on “Remember the invasion of Kashmir: How youth can help end war”, arranged by Youth Forum for Kashmir held in Islamabad on Tuesday, Dr Mazari presented a concrete and comprehensive proposal aimed at taking the Kashmir case to the world on the basis of implementable steps.

She said Pakistan should raise the Kashmir issue in light of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report.

Dr Mazari hailed the report, saying the UN should have issued this report long before.

She said Pakistan should also demand the international investigation in IOK as the UN report does. “We need to draw attention of the international community at the world’s legal and other forums about human rights abuses by Indian forces. We should approach international NGOs working on women in conflict areas. We should continue emphasizing on the UN report’s implementation”, she added.

Dr Mazari suggested in her conflict resolution model that Pakistan should propose a solution of the Kashmir conflict, resembling the Irish Peace Accord.

She said Pakistan should raise the Kashmir case on the lines of the East Timor independence based on the concept of self determination. She further stated that Pakistan should ask the United Nations to document all the Kashmiris in IOK and also of the Kashmiri Diaspora across the world who are qualified to vote in the referendum based on the UN resolutions adding that such documentation needed to be done.

While condemning the worst human rights violations and brutalities in IOK by India, she said that the time has come to move beyond rhetoric for support of Kashmiris, struggling for their right to self-determination and take concrete steps that put India on the defensive.

She said Pakistan’s legitimacy in the Kashmir conflict is based on the UN resolutions, so we should not deviate from the UN resolutions.

India had itself took the Kashmir issue to the UN, she said and criticized the previous government for not raising the Kashmir issue in letter and spirit.

Spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr Muhammad Faisal, Shaista Safi from IOK, Executive Director and Youth Forum for Kashmir, Ahmed Qureshi addressed the event. A large number of Kashmiri youth attended the seminar.

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