Commonwealth meet shifted to New York as Pakistan refuses to invite J&K speaker

[anant_s]

Is New York situated in a Commonwealth country ?

Amreeki influence

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Better to offer to host the Conference in India. By convention it must take place in a Commonwealth Country. All Members can attend in an atmosphere of Security. Those who do not want to can remain in isolation, while India does something constructive and gets credited for it.
Send off a petition to the PMO!

 

[Echo_419]

Pakistan on Thursday announced that it will not host next month’s Commonwealth Parliamentary Union meeting amid a row with India over its refusal to invite the speaker of Jammu & Kashmir assembly for the conference.

India had threatened to boycott the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference to be held here from September 30 to October 8 after Islamabad refused to invite Jammu & Kashmir assembly speaker Kavinder Gupta for the event.The conference was to bring together speakers of Commonwealth nations in Islamabad.

“We have clarified to the London Secretariat of the Commonwealth that Kashmir is a disputed territory and now it is impossible for the Commonwealth Conference to be held in Pakistan,” National Assembly speaker Ayaz Sadiq told reporters.

He said the event will now be held in New York.

“A detailed letter will be written to the CPA countries over the Kashmir dispute and the Kashmir issue will be raised on every forum of the Commonwealth,” Sadiq said.

He said the Kashmir issue could not be overlooked at any cost and the assembly speaker would not be invited.”The decision to hold the event in Pakistan was made on the basis that the Kashmir assembly speaker would not be invited to the Conference,” he said.

India had threatened to boycott the meeting with Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan saying, “A meeting of Speakers of all states unanimously decided that India will boycott the meeting of the CPU if the Speaker of the Jammu & Kashmir assembly is not invited.”

Commonwealth meet shifted to New York as Pakistan refuses to invite J&K speaker - The Times of India

Finally we are learning to punch according to our weight

 

[SwAggeR]

India needs to get out of the Commonwealth altogether, what does it actually offer to India?

Even UN is failure since 1971 days of BD massacre but we are still striving for permanent membership. Any chance of diplomatical contact to the rest of world shouldn't be missed. See our diplomatic clout in Commonwealths , we got whole venue shifted out of pakistan. When we overtake UK in GDP ,it will be us who will be rule that group of 50+ countries, just like we rule SAARC nowadays and cricketing body ICC. Pakistan once left Commonwealth only to return after few years. So I would say to develope adequate diplomatic clout any chance to make contact shouldn't be missed.

If I had my way , I will barge even into OIC.

 

[JanjaWeed]

Is New York situated in a Commonwealth country ?

Well...most of the members may feel at home in NYC rather than in Pakistan! It worked out well for them. They owe a big thank you to India!

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

India ko nahi ana , no problem skype user karo , and india main bethe rahoo

 

[Bang Galore]

Well...most of the members may feel at home in NYC rather than is Pakistan! It worked out well for them. They owe a big thank you to India!

I don't think the news of shifting to NYC is accurate. Makes zero sense. Why would a commonwealth meeting be held in NY.?

 

[ranjeet]

India ko nahi ana , no problem skype user karo , and india main bethe rahoo

Jammu and Kashmir ka representative bhi aayega New York, you guys can boycott the meeting to show your protest.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Jammu * Kashmir ka leader to Pakistani delegation ke sath aye ga

 

[Guynextdoor2]

It was a mistake to hold this meeting in Pakistan to begin with.

Unfortunately for Pak, that will be the conclusion most of the world will come to . Not the conclusion these guys want ---that Kashmir is such a big deal etc.

 

[ranjeet]

Unfortunately for Pak, that will be the conclusion most of the world will come to . Not the conclusion these guys want ---that Kashmir is such a big deal etc.

Shah Rukh Khan ki tarah inki gaadi KKKKKKKKK Kashmir pe hi atki hui hai ..

 

[Guynextdoor2]

India needs to get out of the Commonwealth altogether, what does it actually offer to India?

Dude, you just missed the plot of the century here . Why do you think India is in the commonwealth?

 

[That Guy]

I don't even know why the commonwealth even exists. It's pretty much useless, even as an economic organization. It's simply to allow the Brits to have some sort of influence in former colonies, but even then, its next to worthless.

 

[ranjeet]

Jammu * Kashmir ka leader to Pakistani delegation ke sath aye ga

forget about Jammu & Kashmir, even Azad Kashmir/Gilgit Balitstan are not part of Pakistan according to this union.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

HAHAHA Jamu & Kashmir ka speaker la rahe the ? lol