Imran government invites Opposition for talks on Kashmir action plan

Imran government invites Opposition for talks on Kashmir action plan

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has invited the Opposition for talks to chalk out a comprehensive
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has invited the Opposition for talks to chalk out a comprehensive action plan aimed at resolution of the lingering Kashmir dispute after the Senate saw the two sides engaging in a blame game over the issue.

"Let us join hands on this issue. This is a continuous battle and we will have to fight it collectively," he said on Tuesday after criticising the lawmakers from three mainstream opposition parties — the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and JamiatUlema-i-Islam (JUI-F) — with a forceful retort to their remarks and accusations over the government's handling of the Kashmir issue, the Dawn reported on Wednesday.

The foreign minister was winding up a discussion on Kashmir in the house to mark the Kashmiris' right to self-determination day.

On January 5, 1949, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) had passed a resolution supporting the Kashmiris' right to decide their future by themselves through a UN-sponsored plebiscite.

PPP parliamentary leader in the Senate Sherry Rehman, while initiating the debate, noted that the Kashmir issue would have been in a different global dimension had Zulfikar Ali Bhutto been alive.

RanaMaqbool of the PML-N accused the PTI-led government of putting the Kashmir issue on the backburner. Maulana Abdul GhafoorHaidri of the JUI-F alleged that NarendraModi and Imran Khan had been brought into power under a plan for held Kashmir's complete occupation by New Delhi.

In his speech, Foreign Minister Qureshicriticised the opposition for using the Kashmir issue for political point-scoring and having the cheek to ask what the present government had done on the dispute.

He said working for the Kashmir cause was an obligation of the Imran Khan-led government and it would do its best with honesty and sincerity. (IANS)

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