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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday called off the 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC), scheduled to be held here from Sept 30 to Oct 8 following pressure from other members to invite the speaker of the legislature of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK).

Earlier, retired General Pervez Musharraf, as president of Pakistan, had invited an IOK delegation to the country in 2007. “That was the decision of a dictator. As far as the commitment of the democratically-elected government with the Kashmir cause is concerned, we are resolved not to compromise,” National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said after announcing the cancellation of the conference.


Mr Sadiq was unanimously elected president of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) in October 2014 at the 60th CPC, held in Cameroon which decided that the next conference of the 53-member body would be held in Islamabad.

Addressing a press conference at the Parliament House, Mr Sadiq said that the CPA secretariat in London had called him and asked him to formally invite the speaker of the IOK assembly. “In response, I forwarded him the United Nations’ resolutions on Kashmir, along with my written reply that due to these resolutions, it is not possible for me to extend such an invitation.”

He said that the speaker of the Bangladesh assembly, who is also the CPA chairperson, had also requested him to review the decision. “However, I categorically told her that it was next to impossible for Pakistan to change its principled stand on Kashmir,” he said.

In addition to the chairperson, Pakistan’s stance was also conveyed to the CPA’s 35 members of the executive during a video-conference, Mr Sadiq said.

He said it was not appropriate to host the CPC while compromising on the Kashmir cause, adding that the CPA had insisted that Pakistan invite the IOK assembly speaker. “I tried my best to convince them otherwise, but finally decided to cancel the upcoming conference instead of changing our earlier stance,” he explained.

He said that the CPC would have been a magnificent opportunity to project Pakistan’s soft image as some 550 delegates from member countries were due in the federal capital to attend the conference.

Pakistan had vehemently made the case for holding the 61st CPC in Islamabad and lobbied furiously with members, many of whom had serious apprehensions regarding security and were reluctant to come, he claimed.

To a question, the National Assembly speaker said that the Indian government did not want Pakistan to hold the CPC and had therefore linked their participation in the event to an invitation for the IOK speaker.

Despite the cancellation of the conference, he said, Pakistan used this opportunity to once again highlight the Kashmir dispute as the unfinished agenda of partition and remind the global community, especially CPA members, about the plight of the Kashmiri people with the dire need for an amicable solution as per their aspirations. “Pakistan will raise this issue at the upcoming Speakers’ Conference in New York and the meeting of the International Parliamentary Union in Geneva,” Mr Sadiq asserted.

MQM resignations

Though the speaker’s focus was the cancelled Commonwealth summit, he also answered a few questions regarding MQM legislators’ resignations. “This matter would be proceeded [with] in accordance with the guidelines given by the superior courts,” he said.

The high court, he said, had also issued a judgment in an identical matter and paragraphs 16-20 of the judgment – issued in January 2015 by a two-member division bench – was relevant in this case. As the speaker of the National Assembly, he said, he would act upon the judgment.

The paragraphs in question observe that the speaker is under a constitutional duty to undertake an inquiry to determine that the resignations are genuine and the member actually intends to relinquish, relieve or quit the seat. It further says, “It is also not enough that the member in question makes public announcements in this regard or presents him or herself en masse before the speaker.” According to the judgment, if the speaker is not satisfied that the resignation was tendered after meeting these requirements, it would “become ineffective as it is no more valid”.

Mr Sadiq also said, tongue-in-cheek, that he could write a book on the subject of resignations by now, but that this was not the appropriate time for such a write-up.

Pakistan cancels C’wealth conference after pressure to invite held Kashmir’s speaker - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
 
they could have invited occupied Kashmir assembly speaker under protest and said so in the conference.. but anyway this is also good move.. to hell with such useless conference..
 
Well thats nice way of saying to save face publicly in pakistan :D.
Indian softpower worked and destination was changed as per India's preference and white washed all the efforts of pakistan to raise its stature :D
Now lets see if Pakistan speakers will join in or not when full indian delegation attends it :)
 
Kashmir is and will be the core issue, talk to us, not bothered about this
commonwealth conference which never did any good in past for Pakistan anyway.
 
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Full Indian delegation including Speaker of Jammu Kashmir will be joining the Commonwealth conference.

After such a shame, your country plans to join the conference? Ghairat hai to nikal jao Commonwealth se...:disagree:

Kashmir is and will be the core issue, talk to us or fcuk off, not bothered about this shitty commonwealth conference which never did any good in past for Pakistan anyway.
 
Finally Pakistan shown its aukaat.
Now they will cry in front of every forum as indicated in the article.
So every Indian should pick up your popcorns and enjoy the show shown by our Pakistani brethrens.
Enjoy the show...........:pop:
Such a shameful country Pakistan is.

@Horus @waz Please show this Indian troll his "Aukaat"

Pakistan Inviting Huriyat leaders to talk is already a Win situation for Pakistan and I can see some Indian burnol shortage.
 
To begin with Pakistan has not cancelled the conference for if it had ( assuming it could in the 1st place) , it would not be held at another venue.

Thanks to pressure from India the venue of the conference has been shifted .


Earlier, retired General Pervez Musharraf, as president of Pakistan, had invited an IOK delegation to the country in 2007. “That was the decision of a dictator.

Now , if Pak wonders why Huriyat dopes are being denied a meeting with Pak ambassadors when it happened earlier , here is a precedent that Pak had invited the J&K delegation in the past . So why the change now ?


Pakistan had vehemently made the case for holding the 61st CPC in Islamabad and lobbied furiously with members, many of whom had serious apprehensions regarding security and were reluctant to come, he claimed.
Pak felt it could emulate what China did to people of NEFA now called Arunachal Pradesh,

It backfired & they lost the conference

Despite the cancellation of the conference, he said, Pakistan used this opportunity to once again highlight the Kashmir dispute as the unfinished agenda of partition and remind the global community, especially CPA members, about the plight of the Kashmiri people with the dire need for an amicable solution as per their aspirations. “Pakistan will raise this issue at the upcoming Speakers’ Conference in New York and the meeting of the International Parliamentary Union in Geneva,” Mr Sadiq asserted.

The same cliched lines again & again - to what avail ?

not bothered about this shitty commonwealth conference which never did any good in past for Pakistan anyway.


Then why was Pak lobbying so aggressively for it ?
 
To begin with Pakistan has not cancelled the conference for if it had ( assuming it could in the 1st place) , it would not be held at another venue.

Thanks to pressure from India the venue of the conference has been shifted .




Now , if Pak wonders why Huriyat dopes are being denied a meeting with Pak ambassadors when it happened earlier , here is a precedent that Pak had invited the J&K delegation in the past . So why the change now ?



Pak felt it could emulate what China did to people of NEFA now called Arunachal Pradesh,

It backfired & they lost the conference



The same cliched lines again & again - to what avail ?




Then why was Pak lobbying so aggressively for it ?
We are always far better off without them, whenever we are without them we do better.
 
Lol why are you so much hurt learn to accept the truth rather than crying as always.
What truth?That we stood our moral ground and didn't do something which went against our stated policy despite all the external pressure?
Looks like Pakistan Government grew a pair after all the bowing to foreign pressure all those years.It's a good thing for us but unfortunately you are too myopic to see it.
 
What truth?That we stood our moral ground and didn't do something which went against our stated policy despite all the external pressure?
Looks like Pakistan Government grew a pair after all the bowing to foreign pressure all those years.It's a good thing for us but unfortunately you are too myopic to see it.

Brother arguing with an illiterate Indian is like replying to a barking dog.Please don't waste your time and energy.These trolls are here just to derail threads and interrupt serious discussions.
 
Indians celebrating like they won a security council seat.I mean WTF is this conference even supposed to do?This is the first time many of us have heard about it.Better stay at home then going to a dysfunctional relic of the colonial era tea party.
 
What truth?That we stood our moral ground and didn't do something which went against our stated policy despite all the external pressure?
Looks like Pakistan Government grew a pair after all the bowing to foreign pressure all those years.It's a good thing for us but unfortunately you are too myopic to see it.
Nope I am stating even doing that you got served by the other coubtries and shown your rightful place.
That is what the reality is no you can enjoy your so called false bravado but the other countries sees you a waste.
And please don't tell me about bowing down culture of pakistan.
Because we know what is going on with uncle Sam and now with China and how you are playing on their lap so no need to give clarification on that.
 
Well thats nice way of saying to save face publicly in pakistan :D.
Indian softpower worked and destination was changed as per India's preference and white washed all the efforts of pakistan to raise its stature :D
Now lets see if Pakistan speakers will join in or not when full indian delegation attends it :)

the world revolve around India's preference, I think you people live in chutia's heaven.
 

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