Friday, April 23, 2010
Judicial crisis blocked resolution of Kashmir issue: Kasuri
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Updated at: 1714 PST, Friday, April 23, 2010 LAHORE: Former foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said that due to judicial crisis of 2007 Kashmir issue could not be solved.He was speaking in a programme organized under 'Aman Ki Asha' initiative. I am satisfied that talks stood where we left, he said. Dr Mubashir Hassan, Arif Nizami, Razzaq Dawood, Amin Haswani, I A Rahman, Shafqat Mehmood participated from Pakistan, while, Amitabh Mitto, Admiral Nair, Prem Shankar, Admiral Ram Das and former foreign secretary Salman Haider spoke from Indian side. Kasuri talked about in detail the steps taken in this regard. During Musharraf regime Pakistan and India were close to resolve Kashmir dispute and both parties, Pakistan and India, had agreed on a joint mechanism to settle the issue, he continued. Pakistan, India and Kashmiri leadership discussed steps to solve the lingering dispute, former minister told participants. 'Pakistan wanted the solution as per the wishes of Kashmiri people'. 'Kashmiris demanded right of self-determination and withdrawal of all Indian forces from the occupied territory,' Kasuri said. 'Indian PM Manmohan was to visit Pakistan in late 2006 but Indian elections and judicial crisis in Pakistan sabotaged all efforts'. It was also decided that the neither of the parties would claim victories after the talks, Kasuri added. |
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