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The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President-elect, Volkan Bozkir, who is on a two-day visit to Pakistan after an invitation by the Government of Pakistan, said the resolution of the Kashmir issue was important for lasting peace in the South Asian. On Monday, addressing a news conference along with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Bozkir said, "If my assistance is requested by the parties (India and Pakistan), I will be ready to provide contributions within my mandate (over the Kashmir dispute)." “Regional security should be maintained through political and diplomatic solutions. Difficult challenges can be resolved through meaningful, mutual engagement,” Bozkir added. Bozkir said that for him, it was “worth coming, to hear from my own ears and to see with my o...

Hostility between lifelong allies Pakistan and Saudi Arabia seems deteriorating with every passing day. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mahmood Qureshi recently made a statement where he threatened, if the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), headed by Saudi Arabia, did not convene a foreign ministers’ meeting on Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan would hold a meeting on his own with his allies among the Islamic countries. The statement is being seen as an unusual move by the Pakistani FM who is known for his diplomatic skills across the world. In a strongly-worded statement in a private TV show, he demanded the Muslim world to come together and listen to the people of Kashmir. The foreign minister said: “I am once again respectfully telling OIC that a meeting of the Coun...

In January this year, India imposed new restrictions on palm oil imports from Malaysia due to Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s 2019 UN General Assembly comments on Kashmir and support for Pakistan. In September 2019, after the abrogation of Kashmir's special status, Mahathir slammed India in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) alleging Jammu Kashmir was “invaded and occupied”. Mahathir's UNGA remarks had initially drawn a strong backlash with the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) saying that India “completely rejects the references made in respect of Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral and inalienable part of India.” On the first anniversary of the revocation of Article 370, that granted special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu Kashmir, ...

The Hezbollah, a political and paramilitary party based in Lebanon, demands the right to self-determination for Kashmiris and also announced its support for Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. In a video deputy secretary-general of Hezbollah, Naeem Qaseem said, “We are in favor of Kashmiris right to self-determination. We stand with Pakistan nation on the Kashmir issue.” He also added that yes, they support Kashmir and Kashmiris who are fighting for their right to self-determination, because it is only this that will achieve a legal and political solution that all International law and all nobles have decided. Qassem extended his gratitude and support to Pakistan who had always shown their support and unity towards Palestine. While talking about Pakistan he said, “I want to tell you...

For the third time since the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu Kashmir, the United Nations Security Council on request of Pakistan agreed to discuss Kashmir. The meeting was held virtually behind the closed doors, on 6th August yesterday, but there was no statement released neither were any sort of reactions witnessed. However, a statement issued from the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said, “Holding the meeting signified Jammu and Kashmir is an international dispute firmly on the agenda of the Security Council and has nullified, yet another time, the Indian self-serving claim that it is an internal matter.’” As per the statement of Mr. Qureshi remarks by Pakistan’s U.N. Mission have been circulated that the international community should exercise its moral, l...