Kashmiri groups urge UN to move beyond reaffirming disputed status
MUZAFFARABAD: Two pro-freedom groups in India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir have welcomed the United Nations’ reaffirmation of the region as a disputed and unresolved issue, but urged the world body to move beyond reiterating its longstanding position and take practical steps towards implementing its relevant resolutions. In separate statements issued in Srinagar and seen by Dawn , Jammu Kashmir…
Two pro-freedom groups in India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir have welcomed the United Nations' reaffirmation of the region as a disputed and unresolved issue, but have urged the world body to move beyond reiterating its longstanding position and take practical steps towards implementing its relevant resolutions. Dr Ghulam Rasool, General Secretary of the Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP), and Dr Irfan Ghani, spokesman of the Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM), called for an effective mechanism and roadmap to advance the process of a free and impartial plebiscite in the region.
They pointed out that the Kashmir dispute had remained on the UN Security Council’s agenda for decades and that its resolutions recognised the right of the people of Jammu and Kashmir to determine their political future.
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