Sharif to take Kashmiri leadership on board before UN session
muzaffarabad — Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will take Hurriyat and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) leaders on board for his speech in the United Nations General Assembly later this month, reports Dawn online.
“Prime Minister Nawaz will visit Muzaffarabad on Friday before leaving for New York. He will consult the Kashmiri leadership regarding his speech at the UN session,” Prime Minister of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Raja Farooq Haider, told DawnNews.
Sharif will hold separate meetings with Kashmiri legislators and with a delegation of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, AJK chapter.
The prime minister will take the Kashmiri leadership into confidence over the content of his speech to be delivered at the UN General Assembly session on September 21. Welcoming the decision, Kashmir PM Raja Farooq Haider said the gesture would send a positive message across the Line of Control (LoC).
At least 90 Kashmiri civilians have been killed and thousands more injured in India-administered Kashmir in clashes with security forces after the killing of a popular separatist leader Burhan Muzaffar Wani, in a military operation on July 8.
On Wednesday, the UN rights chief Zeid Raad Al Hussein said the deteriorating situation in the Indian Kashmir has made it crucial to establish an independent, impartial and international mission to assess the situation.
Talking to Geneva-based Human Rights Council, Hussein said he received a letter from the Government of Pakistan on Sept 9 formally inviting a team from his office to visit AJK but only in tandem with a mission to the Indian side.