Sharif needles India with K-ampaign team

“We will remind the United Nations its long-held promise of self-determination to the Kashmiri people,” the Pakistan Prime Minister said. 

Stepping up Pakistan’s diplomatic offensive, the prime minister said he has decided to send the 22-member parliamentarian team for highlighting the Kashmir issue to different parts of the world. 

The move by Sharif came against the backdrop of escalating war of words between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the continuing unrest in the Kashmir Valley that broke out on July 8 after Hizbul commander Burhan Wani was reportedly killed by security forces. 

“The Prime Minister urged the special envoys to ensure their efforts for highlighting the Kashmir cause across the world so that he can shake the collective conscience of the international community during his address at the UN this September,” Radio Pakistan reported. 

“We will also make it clear to India that it was New Delhi that approached the United Nations several decades back on Kashmir dispute but now it is not fulfilling its promise,” he added.

The Pakistan Prime Minister said the Kashmir problem is the most persistent failure of the United Nations and that the world body must establish its relevance.