Kashmir issue alive at UN: Lodhi

new york — Pakistan will stand by the Kashmiri people and support their just struggle for selfdetermination until the achievement of their goal, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi told a large gathering of Pakistanis and Kashmiris in New York.

Presiding over a meeting organised by the Consulate General of Pakistan to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day, she said that the Pakistan Mission was working hard at the United Nations in seeking the implementation of its resolutions on the decades-old Kashmir dispute.

“The Kashmir issue is alive at the UN and will remain alive until it is resolved,” Lodhi told the cheering audience.

But, she said, the efforts of the Pakistan government and its Mission here must be complemented by the community members in spreading the word about the grave situation in Kashmir where Indian occupation forces are attempting to suppress their popular uprising for freedom. Ambassador

until Kashmir is liberated from Indian control, our moral, political and diplomatic support to the Kashmiri people will continue Maleeha Lodhi, Pak envoy to UN

Lodhi briefed the audience about the steps taken by Pakistan for the resolution of Kashmir dispute on the diplomatic front. Only a few days back — on February 6 —s he said she raised the Kashmir issue in the Security Council and urged the 15-member body to implement its resolutions non-selectively in order to establish its credibility.

In September, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had forcefully stated Pakistan’s position on Kashmir in the UN General Assembly and later raised the issue with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The prime minister had urged Guterres to take steps to resolve the issue as it posed a threat to regional and international peace.

Lodhi said the Pakistan foreign minister had also written letters to the secretary-general protesting Indian ceasefire violations in Kashmir and the killings of innocent Kashmiris and calling for the appointment of a special envoy to facilitate a settlement of the Kashmir dispute.

“Until Kashmir is liberated from Indian control, our moral, political and diplomatic support to the Kashmiri people will continue,” the ambassador declared.— APP