ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: The National Kashmir Committee will seek a permission from Indian government for sending a delegation to New Delhi to explain Pakistan’s position on Kashmir.

“We have not finalized the delegation and it will be done once permission is granted by the Indian government,” Chairman Kashmir Committee Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan told Dawn on phone.

Regarding the programme being finalized for Kashmir Solidarity Day, he said Pakistan Television would arrange marathon transmission on Feb 5 to observe the day.

Earlier, a meeting of the committee was held under the chairmanship of Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan where a detailed presentation was given by Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Frontier Region on the programmes being arranged for the day.

Three different proposals were being considered for president’s engagement on the day, which certainly would be the main feature of the day reflecting the government’s commitment to the Kashmir cause, he said.

President Gen Pervez Musharraf would either visit a Kashmir refugee camp in Azad Kashmir, or speak at a joint meeting of Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly and Kashmir Council in Muzaffarabad or address Kashmiri political leaders at Convention Centre here in the capital.

He would host a dinner at Awan-i-Sadar for Kashmiri leaders and widows and orphans of those who had lost their lives in different military engagements in Kashmir over the past 53 years.

Mr Khan said the committee had decided that human chains would be organized at all the bridges connecting Azad Kashmir for expressing strong traditional ties of Kashmiri people with Pakistan.

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