Sharif rakes up Kashmir at UN, says Burhan Wani symbol of 'Kashmiri intifada'
Sharif rakes up Kashmir at UN, says Burhan Wani symbol of 'Kashmiri intifada'
Ankita Rajeshwari| Sep 21, 2016, 11.43 PM IST
NEW DELHI: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif raked the
Kashmir issue yet again. This time at the 71st United Nations General Assembly meet in New York, and said that his country "fully supports Kashmir's right to self-determination".
Even as the country and its Prime Minister have drawn flak from India as well as the global community for the Uri terror attack which claimed lives of 18 soldiers, Nawaz Sharif went ahead to enunciate how Pakistan has been the 'principal victim of terrorism'. "My country has been the principal victim of terrorism including that is supported, sponsored, financed from abroad," Sharif said.
Once again, Sharif hailed Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani as a 'young leader' and said that he was the 'symbol of Kashmir's demand for resolution'. "Burhan Wani, the young leader murdered by Indian forces has emerged as a symbol of latest Kashmiri 'intifada'," Sharif said.
Shortly after Burhan Wani's death on July 8, Sharif had labelled Wani as a 'martyr'.
Sharif went ahead to say that the 'oppression and brutalities by Indian troops will only intensify their anger and demand for self determination'.
Repeating Pakistan's rhetoric on the ongoing Jammu and Kashmir unrest, Sharif said that he will submit a detailed dossier which cites 'human rights violations by India' in the troubled state.
In his speech, Sharif also said that his country is ready to hold bilateral talks with India to resolve its differences, especially the Jammu and Kashmir issue. He, however, blamed New Delhi for putting forwards 'unacceptable pre-conditions'.
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UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif on Wednesday addressed the
UN General Assembly on the
Kashmir issue and the country's tense relations with India.
Here are key points of Sharif'sUN address.
1. The world is more prosperous but still afflicted with poverty
2. A new cold war threatens to engulf Europe
3. My government in the last three years has moved the country towards robust growth
4. In many countries the ghost of intolerance has revived xenophobia and Islamophobia
5. Pakistan has been victim of terrorism, including that sponsored from abroad. But we will not allow this. Thousands of our soldiers have lost their lives in acts of terror.
6. We will not allow foreign forces to destabilize the development of Pakistan
7. Pakistan's zarb-e-Azab is the most robust and successful campaign anywhere in the world.
8. Pakistan has been the principal victim of terrorism including that supported, sponsored, financed from abroad
9. Pakistan wants peace with India. We have gone the extra mile to achieve this
10. Talks are to resolve issue in Jammu & Kashmir and to avoid escalation
11. Talks are in the interest of both India and Pakistan
12. India has posed pre-conditions talks that are not in favour of Pakistan.
13. Burhan Wani, the young leader killed by Indian forces, emerged as the new face of Kashmiri intifada
14. This uprising of Kashmir has been met with brutal force by India
15. Hundreds killed, hundreds blinded by pellet guns. These Indian brutalities are well documented.
16. Pakistan will share dossier with UN Secy General on Indian brutalities in Kashmir
17. Peace between India and Pakistan cannot be finally achieved without resolution to the Kashmir dispute.