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By Victoria Ojeme In this interview, Asim Ali Khan, Pakistan charge d Affaire Embassy of Pakistan in Nigeria said his country is ready to donate military hardware that will combat terrorism in the country. He also explains in detail the crisis in Kashmir.
Pakistan charge d Affair, Embassy of Pakistan. Asim Ali Khan
Pakistan seems to have a good military; How can your country assist Nigeria in Military hardware? We are ready to provide what can be provided in terms of Military hardware and trainings to the Nigerian Government, because of the strong ties both countries have diplomatically and militarily. Our business visa’s has increase by 26% as well as the bilateral trade has increase to 46 compare to last year.
What specific area is your government looking at in improving the relationship between the two countries?
Pakistan has started importation of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas and Pakistani tractors in the field of Agriculture. Nigeria can also benefit from Pakistan medium and small industries
What is the Kashmir issue?
Let me highlight this issue from its inception. The Kashmir dispute is the oldest unresolved international conflict in the world today, Pakistan considers Kashmir as its core political dispute with India. So does the international community, except India. It is a historical fact that India had illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir by landing its troops in Srinagar on 27th October, 1947 against the wishes of the Kashmiri people and in total disregard to the Partition Plan of the Indian subcontinent that had resulted in the formation of two new independent counties – Pakistan and India. At the end of British suzerainty over Indian sub-continent in 1947, more than 550 Princely States had become independent but with a choice to accede either to Pakistan or India. Being a Muslim-majority state, Jammu and Kashmir had a natural tendency to accede to Pakistan, but the evil designs of its Hindu ruler and the leaders of Indian National Congress and Britain destroyed the future of the people of the territory thus sowing the seeds of the Kashmir dispute. India claims that it signed ‘Instrument of Accession’, which was drafted in Delhi and presented to the then ruler of Jammu and Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh, on October 26. However, a prominent British historian, Alistair Lamb, challenging the Indian invasion in Kashmir, in his book “The Birth of Tragedy” wrote that the successive events after the partition of the united India strongly suggested that the Indian troops had invaded Kashmir prior to the signing of the Instrument of Accession. He believed that a signed instrument of accession did not exist at all and argued that due to this reason the Indian government never made the so-called document public either officially or at any international forum. The people of Jammu and Kashmir strongly resisted the Indian occupation and launched a mass struggle, liberating a vast area now known as Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Their resilience brought India at the verge of defeat and it sought the help of the international community to settle the Kashmir dispute. On 1st January 1948, New Delhi approached the United Nations Security Council, which in its successive resolutions – accepted by both Pakistan and India – promised holding of a free and impartial plebiscite under the UN-supervision to enable the Kashmiri people to decide their future themselves. These UN resolutions and the pledges made by the Indian leadership remain unimplemented even after the passing of several decades.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02...e-military-hardware-nigerias-fight-terrorism/
Pakistan charge d Affair, Embassy of Pakistan. Asim Ali Khan
Pakistan seems to have a good military; How can your country assist Nigeria in Military hardware? We are ready to provide what can be provided in terms of Military hardware and trainings to the Nigerian Government, because of the strong ties both countries have diplomatically and militarily. Our business visa’s has increase by 26% as well as the bilateral trade has increase to 46 compare to last year.
What specific area is your government looking at in improving the relationship between the two countries?
Pakistan has started importation of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas and Pakistani tractors in the field of Agriculture. Nigeria can also benefit from Pakistan medium and small industries
What is the Kashmir issue?
Let me highlight this issue from its inception. The Kashmir dispute is the oldest unresolved international conflict in the world today, Pakistan considers Kashmir as its core political dispute with India. So does the international community, except India. It is a historical fact that India had illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir by landing its troops in Srinagar on 27th October, 1947 against the wishes of the Kashmiri people and in total disregard to the Partition Plan of the Indian subcontinent that had resulted in the formation of two new independent counties – Pakistan and India. At the end of British suzerainty over Indian sub-continent in 1947, more than 550 Princely States had become independent but with a choice to accede either to Pakistan or India. Being a Muslim-majority state, Jammu and Kashmir had a natural tendency to accede to Pakistan, but the evil designs of its Hindu ruler and the leaders of Indian National Congress and Britain destroyed the future of the people of the territory thus sowing the seeds of the Kashmir dispute. India claims that it signed ‘Instrument of Accession’, which was drafted in Delhi and presented to the then ruler of Jammu and Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh, on October 26. However, a prominent British historian, Alistair Lamb, challenging the Indian invasion in Kashmir, in his book “The Birth of Tragedy” wrote that the successive events after the partition of the united India strongly suggested that the Indian troops had invaded Kashmir prior to the signing of the Instrument of Accession. He believed that a signed instrument of accession did not exist at all and argued that due to this reason the Indian government never made the so-called document public either officially or at any international forum. The people of Jammu and Kashmir strongly resisted the Indian occupation and launched a mass struggle, liberating a vast area now known as Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Their resilience brought India at the verge of defeat and it sought the help of the international community to settle the Kashmir dispute. On 1st January 1948, New Delhi approached the United Nations Security Council, which in its successive resolutions – accepted by both Pakistan and India – promised holding of a free and impartial plebiscite under the UN-supervision to enable the Kashmiri people to decide their future themselves. These UN resolutions and the pledges made by the Indian leadership remain unimplemented even after the passing of several decades.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02...e-military-hardware-nigerias-fight-terrorism/
