President Sardar Masood Khan Urges Overseas To Highlight Kashmir Issue

Sardar Masood Khan, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday said that Pakistani and Kashmiri Diaspora could play a pivotal role in highlighting the Kashmir issue, especially in the parleys of international forums and powerful parliaments of the world.

MIRPUR (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Feb, 2018 ) , :Sardar Masood Khan, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday said that Pakistani and Kashmiri Diaspora could play a pivotal role in highlighting the Kashmir issue, especially in the parleys of international forums and powerful parliaments of the world.

The President made these remarks while interacting with a delegation of Pakistan Muslim League (N) representatives, who called on him here in London, said a message received here on Wednesday. The delegation included Shakoor Khan, Acting President PML (N) UK; Usman Khan, Coordinator; Chaudhry Nisar, Legal President; Raja Kamran; and prominent community leader Barrister Abid.

The President said that the Pak-Kashmiri diaspora community in the United Kingdom has grown in numbers and successfully integrated into the social and political fabric of their country of adoption.

He further commended the Pakistani and Kashmiri diaspora community for winning the respect of the host countries by hard work, professionalism and commitment. He said it was highly encouraging to see that almost 12 MPs of Pakistani and Kashmiri origin are now a part of the British Parliament.

He said that the MPs can effectively help raise the profile of the Kashmir issue through debates in the Parliament. President Masood Khan said that the international community due to its political, strategic and economic interests with India has become a silent spectator to the atrocities taking place in Indian Occupied Kashmir.

India, he said, with its 700,000-armed occupation forces have unleashed a reign of unimaginable terror in IOK. He urged the participants to mobilize the Kashmiri and Pakistani communities in the UK to raise their voice for the innocent and oppressed Kashmiris.

He said that the issue of Kashmir needs immediate attention of the global community.

"The United Nations and other international organizations must take cognizance of India's misadventures in IOK", he said.

President Masood informed the delegation that there was a need to forge unity among our ranks and actively communicate with international human right organizations and the United Nations to sensitize them of the atrocities being perpetuated against the Kashmiri population in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

The President encouraged the involvement of the younger generation, and as global citizens, they must utilize social media to share stories of the unarmed innocent Kashmiris and the Indian barbarity taking place in IOK.

He said that the time has come to re-strategize and inject new vigour, conviction, and commitment for the early resolution of the conflict by ensuring the Kashmiris are allowed to exercise their right to self-determination in the spirit of the UN Security Council's resolutions.

The President said that AJK Government has prioritized development and social uplift projects in Azad Kashmir. He said that the Government is currently focusing on the construction of roads, energy production, access to health, high-quality education, promotion of tourism, development of extractive industry and agriculture.

"In the coming years, AJK will be the main destination for investors from Pakistan and abroad", he said. The President encouraged investment in AJK by inviting entrepreneurs and business persons to Azad Kashmir.

He said that AJK welcomes investors in exploring the nascent yet highly promising mineral extraction industry. He said that under the CPEC, a Specialized Industrial Zone in Mirpur will be established which will be connected to the main CPEC route via Mansehra-Mirpur Expressway. He said this industrial zone will