ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has directed diplomats to effectively and frequently highlight Pakistan’s position on the Kashmir and the Palestine issues.
The Prime Minister issued these directives while meeting Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States Masood Khan and High Commissioner of Pakistan to UK Dr. Muhammad Faisal, who called on him in Islamabad on Thursday.
Masood Khan and Dr. Muhammad Faisal briefed the Prime Minister about the performance of their missions and took instructions from him with regard to country’s foreign policy.
The Prime Minister said Pakistani diplomats should conduct roadshows to attract foreign investors for projects launched under the platform of SIFC.
He instructed both diplomats to identify new and unique opportunities for economic cooperation at the international level.
Terming the overseas community country’s national asset, he directed the Pakistani embassies and consuls to solve the problems faced by them on priority basis. He also called for persuading the Pakistani diaspora to invest their capital in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Friday reiterated that Pakistan would continue to extend its full political, diplomatic, and moral support to the valiant Kashmiri people in their just struggle for their rights including the inalienable right to self-determination, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
“Today, Kashmiris around the world are observing the 75th anniversary of the Resolution adopted by the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan (UNCIP), providing that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute will be decided through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite under the UN auspices, the prime minister said in a message on the occasion of Self-Determination Day.
In essence, he said it was a reaffirmation of the inalienable right of Kashmiris to self-determination, which is enshrined in international law and upheld by international human rights instruments.
He regretted that despite more than seven and a half decades, the oppressed people of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) have not been able to exercise this fundamental right. India continues to oppress the people of Jammu and Kashmir to break their will, he said.
Since August 5, 2019, the prime minister said India was engaged in a vicious exercise, aimed at altering the demographic structure and political landscape of J&K, to turn Kashmiris into a disempowered community in their land.
He said that the Indian Supreme Court’s recent verdict on the status of J&K is yet another step towards the denial of the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination. The genuine aspirations of the Kashmiris cannot be wished away through domestic legislation and engineered judicial verdicts, he added.
He pointed out the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) annually adopts a resolution on “Universal Realization of the Right of the People to Self-Determination” that draws international attention towards the plight and rights of people living under situations of forced occupation.
The international community, especially the United Nations, is responsible for ensuring that the people of J&K exercise their inalienable right to self-determination, he added.