Siraj asks govt to convene joint parliament session on Kashmir conflict

ISLAMABAD: Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Siraj ul Haq on Friday said the government should call a joint session of the parliament on the Kashmir conflict and observe 2019 as the year of independence of Kashmir.

“In a short span of time 95,000 precious lives of innocent Kashmiris have been taken, while 0.1 million citizens have become shelterless,” Siraj ul Haq said while addressing a press conference in Islamabad.

He said the government, in collaboration with the leadership of Azad and Jammu Kashmir, should come up with a road map for independence of the territory subjugated by the Indian military.

“The government should set up a special fund for the road map and also appoint a vice foreign minister for Kashmir,” he said.

A special desk should be established at Pakistani embassies all over the world to raise this issue, he added.

The Ameer JI urged the United Nations and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to play their roles to get Kashmiris their rights.

“Violence has aggravated on Kashmiris in the wake of the upcoming general elections in India,” he underlined.

He said the freedom of Kashmir was completion of Pakistan.

“There have been three wars between the neighbouring country on this matter and the threat of war is always looming between the nuclear-armed country,” he said.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday said that the Kashmir Solidarity Day will be observed on February 5 to highlight the issue and express solidarity with the people of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK).

This he said during a meeting with a four-member delegation of Kashmiri leaders in Islamabad.

The minister said Pakistan will continue its political, moral and diplomatic support to the Kashmiris for achieving their right to self-determination.

Qureshi said the human rights situation in Occupied Kashmir was further deteriorating with unabated use of force by India against civilians.