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22 IPRI Factfile expressed wishes - all these from the country which claims to be the world’s largest democratic secular state. India’s first head of state, Lord Mountbatten, is on record having said on Oct 27, 1947, that since the “question of accession [of Kashmir] should be decided in accordance with the wishes of the people of the state, it is my government’s wish that as soon as law and order have been restored in Kashmir... the question of the state’s accession should be settled by a reference to the people.” Again, one of India’s founding fathers and first prime minister, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru, whose government took the Kashmir issue to the United Nations, told the Indian Constituent Assembly on Nov 25, 1947, “In order to establish our bona fides, we have suggested that, when the people [of Kashmir] are given the chance to decide their future, this should be done under the supervision of an impartial tribunal such as the United Nations.” On June 26, 1952, Mr. Nehru told Indian parliament, “If ... the people of Kashmir do not wish to remain with us, let them go by all means; we will not keep them against their will, however painful it may [be] for us.” Against these solemn words and relentless struggle of the people of Kashmir, New Delhi today has only two lame excuses: one, the pledges and the UN resolutions calling for a plebiscite in Kashmir have become outdated; two, what is going on in the Kashmir valley is not a people’s revolt but the result of “cross-border terrorism.” Both arguments are as self-serving as they are laughable. Time cannot abrogate moral values nor invalidate the international community’s right to intervene in flash-points of conflict arising from denial of freedom and involving tyranny and persecution. We have the recent example of East Timor, where a dispute was settled through a reference to the wishes of the people under UN supervision. Indonesia upheld the people’s verdict, however “painful” it might have been to it. For Kashmir, despite more than a half century’s lapse, all United Nations resolutions and the Indian leaders’ own pledges remain unfulfilled but valid because they are based on the time-honoured values of freedom and inviolability of basic human rights. Kashmir continues to be a flashpoint of conflict. Pakistan and India have earlier fought two full-fledged wars on Kashmir, and they came close to a third following December 2001’s mobilization of its forces by India and amassing them on Pakistan’s borders under the plea of combating terrorism. With both the South Asian neighbours armed with nuclear weapons, another conventional war on Kashmir has the potential to turn
Whither Kashmir? into a nuclear exchange that could be disastrous not only for South Asia but for the world at large. Since 9/11, world focus shifted to the war against terror but the time has come that for Pakistan to concentrate on combating this menace wholeheartedly, the international community lends a helping hand in resolving this outstanding issue. Indian crimes against humanity must stop and the Kashmiris’ right of self determination would be exercised (Insha Allah). Sultan M. Hali, Daily Mail (Islamabad /Beijing), February 5, 2010. http://dailymailnews.com/0210/05/Editorial_Column/DMColumn.php#2 PAK TO CONTINUE EFFORTS FOR KASHMIR ISSUE RESOLUTION President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said that Pakistan will continue its efforts for a just resolution to Kashmir issue, Geo News reported Friday. They said this in their separate messages issued on Kashmir Solidarity Day today. In their messages, they expressed complete moral, diplomatic and political support for the people of Kashmir. President Zardari said Pakistan has very clear-cut standpoint that Kashmiri people should be incorporated in the process of negotiations, as it is they who are to decide on their fate. The Premier in his message urged the world community to play role to end the violations of human rights in Indian held Kashmir. He said the hearts of Pakistanis throb with Kashmiri families, who laid down their lives for the independence and these sacrifices would not go in vain. 23 News International (Rawalpindi), February 5, 2010. PAKISTAN’S JUST STANCE ON KASHMIR ISSUE UNCHANGED: GILANI Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan’s principled stance on Kashmir issue remains unchanged and the government will continue its political, moral and diplomatic support to the people of Kashmir. In his statement in connection with Kashmir Solidarity Day, the Prime Minister Gilani said the whole nation is united on the Kashmir
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