Kashmir dispute must be resolved for peace in region: Rashid
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ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid on Sunday said that peace in South Asia in the long run will only arise after the the Kashmir dispute has been resolved.
The information minister made the remarks during an addressing marking Kashmir Solidarity Day, which was attended by leaders from various political parties.
Rashid also said that India must fulfill its obligations regarding Kashmir otherwise it would never get a seat at the United Nations security council.
He said that solving the dispute would help to bring prosperity to the region adding that it would also help in fighting illiteracy and poverty.
At the same time Rashid reiterated that Pakistan would continue to extend diplomatic, political and moral support to the people of Kashmir in their struggle for self-determination.
The picturesque Himalayan region is disputed between India and Pakistan and has been the scene of two wars between the countries.
Tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, have died in violence between Indian security forces and rebels fighting for Kashmir's independence or for its merger with Pakistan.
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Feb 01, 2015 07:28pm
Let's first bring peace to Pakistan. Let's keep our house in order first. There is no other priority than Pakistan. Then we will look at other issues.
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Feb 01, 2015 07:29pm
Does it mean to resolve on Pakistani terms? sorry can't be done.
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Feb 01, 2015 07:31pm
Well said, good diversion from the mundane
1) internal sectarianism
2) Fuel shortage
3) Electricity shortage
4) Jobs
5) Gas shortage
6) internal strife in Baluchistan, Karachi
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Feb 01, 2015 07:37pm
Wow Pakistani priorities
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Feb 01, 2015 07:38pm
Definitely must be resolved!. Over that side, only Mr Vajpayee had the sense to do so. Others are burying their heads in the sand.
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Feb 01, 2015 07:42pm
Pakistanis r obsessed
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Feb 01, 2015 07:43pm
You are living in a dream world. Pakistan is going to go to dumps shouting Kashmir and India is going to be superpower soon.
If resolving disputes is a criteria to be a part of UN security council according to Pakistanis, then they should ask for impeachment of their so called all weather friend from the council as they have disputes with all their neighbouring countries.
Lets see how many Pakistanis are honest in accepting or going to give some excuse.
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Feb 01, 2015 07:46pm
Why do you have to say this everyday by every Pakistani leaders, what have you done about it?
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Feb 01, 2015 07:49pm
There is no solution for this considering current scenario
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Feb 01, 2015 07:49pm
I have lived in Kashmir for 5 years not even one Kashmiri I meant wants a merger with Pakistan. If your politicians give moral and political support to people dying in Pakistan that would be enough.
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Feb 01, 2015 07:52pm
Rashid also said that India must fulfill its obligations regarding Kashmir otherwise it would never get a seat at the United Nations security council.
N who will stop us ? Plyz explain how if u get first answer.
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Feb 01, 2015 07:53pm
The truth is India is more then happy to let the kashmir obsession continue in Pakistan while circus aiming for the stars.
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Feb 01, 2015 07:59pm
"Rashid also said that India must fulfill its obligations regarding Kashmir otherwise it would never get a seat at the United Nations security council."
Really??? Stop if you can
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Feb 01, 2015 08:11pm
What about the Armed Forces on both sides and not just civilians who have lost their lives due to this conflict?
Are their lives not worthy to be taken into consideration?
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Feb 01, 2015 08:14pm
Kashmir kashmir kashmir, like
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Feb 01, 2015 08:14pm
Well done to the minister, no IK jokes today.
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Feb 01, 2015 08:14pm
Pakistan has no other problems
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Feb 01, 2015 08:15pm
At the same time Rashid reiterated that Pakistan would continue to extend diplomatic, political and moral support to the people of Kashmir in their struggle for self-determination.
And who will provide all that support for peace and stability and economy and petrol and electricity and security Pakista and its minorities???.....
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Feb 01, 2015 08:16pm
FINALLY, for once PMLN is thinking other issues ( which bear no importance for us ) than PTI.
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Feb 01, 2015 08:18pm
Read up the story of Sisyphus? Greek mythology is great!!
( To the readers: it is an ALLEGORY..the Minister would do well to read it-or you can read the story for him!)
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Feb 01, 2015 08:19pm
"Kashmir dispute must be resolved for peace in region: Rashid"
How? Is Pakistan in compliance with the UN resolution?
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Feb 01, 2015 08:27pm
Same old line..
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Feb 01, 2015 08:28pm
Pakistan will sell water of Dal lake
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Feb 01, 2015 08:30pm
this is ridiculous
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Feb 01, 2015 08:34pm
@Dilip Thorat forget about minorities, are they even able to provide these to the majority?
I fail to understand how does liberation of Kashmir help people of Pakistan live normal life in accordance with fundamental rights entrusted upon then by virtue of being born Pakistani?
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Feb 01, 2015 08:35pm
Keep repeating this for the next 100 years, and let everything else go to dogs.
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Feb 01, 2015 08:42pm
@sandeep - "obsessed" who? Just have to look at the comments.
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Feb 01, 2015 08:58pm
@A Shah That's true dude...
The reason we don't give Kashmir is, you guys don't have anything to obsess with after..
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Feb 01, 2015 08:59pm
First generate power, provide petrol to pakistan peopl later think of kashmir. Kashmir people lives in peaceful environment.
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Feb 01, 2015 09:06pm
Pervez Rashid Sahib - leave Kashmir issue alone, your full time job is to hound Imran K.
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Feb 01, 2015 09:09pm
Unfortunately, india is least interested in resolving the Kashmir dispute and grant the Kashmiris their right to independence.
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Feb 01, 2015 09:10pm
Its indeed true that India has messed up Kashmir in 1987. But situations have changed now.
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Feb 01, 2015 09:14pm
Only the Balochistan dispute will not be resolved.
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Feb 01, 2015 09:15pm
@citizen CHINA !!!! They will veto it.
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Feb 01, 2015 09:21pm
@Boom : Well said . India would rather sacrifice a permanent seat in UN rather than allow Pakistan to avenge Bangladesh formation through Kashmir. It would in the fitness of things that within a decade Pak would have its hands full keeping Azad Kashmir from conducting a plebiscite about joining India.
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Feb 01, 2015 09:22pm
Rashid Sahib, your solution of solving Kashmir dispute is to give Kashmir to you on a plate. You know, the world knows, most of the Pakistanis know that it will never happen. Why do you keep fooling your people by making these statements. India will keep the status quo till your economy collapses and it is close to that. You need to stop giving false hopes to your people.
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Feb 01, 2015 09:23pm
Kindly first maintain peace inside Pakistan than think about kashmir
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Feb 01, 2015 09:24pm
It seems that the word kashmir is only useful to divert pakistani people attention.
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Feb 01, 2015 09:24pm
Resolving Kashmir is not in India's interest. India's interest is better served in keeping Pakistan firmly entrenched in Kashmir's quagmire!
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Feb 01, 2015 09:31pm
First save pakistan than save others
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Feb 01, 2015 09:33pm
how about money you taking without any justification solve this problem first.
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Feb 01, 2015 09:37pm
"Rashid also said that India must fulfill its obligations regarding Kashmir otherwise it would never get a seat at the United Nations security council."
Not only Kashmir, India should not get the UN seat till it starts treating its Muslim minority with the respect they are entitled to based on their historical contribution.
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Feb 01, 2015 09:37pm
Its never be done , i want to say just focus on other problem like new India govt focusing on real problem not virtual.
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Feb 01, 2015 09:37pm
words of master------answer, no body cares.
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Feb 01, 2015 09:39pm
He think he was left behind when every politician is raking up Kashmir issue.
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Feb 01, 2015 09:53pm
Perviaz Rashid Please bring peace first within Pakistan, then stability, security, development, resolve energy crisis (electricity, gasoline).
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Feb 01, 2015 10:19pm
"He said that solving the dispute would help to bring prosperity to the region adding that it would also help in fighting illiteracy and poverty".
Is there anything else he wants to tag-on......perhaps oil shortage, power outage, polio eradication, minority discrimination, corruption, etc...etc...
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Feb 01, 2015 10:24pm
One country as reached Mars due to hard work and dedication by giving importance to education, science and Technology while the other is still trying to enter Kashmir.
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Feb 01, 2015 10:28pm
@Talking Point Balochistan is on boil.
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Feb 01, 2015 10:38pm
@Ahmer
First treat Shias and Ahmadis well in your country. then talk about INDIAN Muslims.
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Feb 01, 2015 10:44pm
Hey why doesnt our all weather friend speak up about this in our behalf? Why is it meeting their Foreign minister out of protocol and inviting Modi in May?
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Feb 01, 2015 10:46pm
@p r sharma
Not at all at Pakistani terms, Sir. Right of "Self Determination" as desired by the Kashmiris themselves.
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Feb 01, 2015 10:49pm
@Sunil
Kashmir issue is the main cause of all these problems. Once it is solved, the problems mentioned by you will be automatically resolved.
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Feb 01, 2015 10:49pm
@Cyrus Ho There is NO "Balochistan dispute". Balochistan is a province of Pakistan according to the Pakistani Constitution and is recognized internationally as such. Kashmir is internationally acknowledged as disputed territory claimed by both India and Pakistan. There is a huge difference in the two situations.
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Feb 01, 2015 11:19pm
And muslims in Pakistan are being treated with respect and given enough protection? What a joke
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Feb 01, 2015 11:27pm
from last 50 years you are not able to resolve anything. Give at least sincere 5 years to solve your own problem first which is poverty, health, education, infrastructure and any future career for their kids...
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Feb 01, 2015 11:40pm
Kashmir issue can be resolved only if Pakistan creates Credibility in eyes of the World.
Its upto the Young generation of Pakistanis to Shun sectarianism and select a truly hung parliament so everybody is kept in check. As long as 1 party is power it will be very difficult for Pakistanis to come out of this quicksand.
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Feb 02, 2015 12:00am
Let us not make it conditional. Let us simply maintain that India does not deserve a permanent membership of UNSC.
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Feb 02, 2015 12:24am
@okhan Have not heard of restructure of UNSC.... l
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Feb 02, 2015 12:52am
The only sensible thing Perez rawhide has said in his entire career.
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Feb 02, 2015 01:41am
A successful solution to the Kashmir problem is a lot more
difficult to find than what was arrived at in dealing with NWFP simply by changing its name to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Before
attempting to bring about a change in the presently stable
boundaries between India and Pakistan of Kashmir Pakistan ought to very simply change the name of Baluchistan to Balochdesh and see what, if anything, happens, as a result. If the spellings of names and words in general did not have any relevance in contributing towards stability why would the world have settled at resorting to the presently common spellings? Why did not any one think that the word Bengal would have been better off than what Bangladesh is? Any
act can be of two kinds: a guided missile or an unguided one. Language was not born over night. Words mean only what you want them to and so their spelling might appear
irrelevant and appearances can be deceptive like knowledge is often magical.
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Feb 02, 2015 01:53am
Mr. Rashid, Do u think anyone in world give 2 cents about your statement. No one, Why
1.You are Beggars, You beg from every other country to run the government.
2. You party won the Election by fake votes.
3. Your government minters are extremely incompetent and crooks.
4. Your foreign policy is driven and run by military, so why u are making statement, too keep your self in the good book of army?
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Feb 02, 2015 02:50am
it means we will live in the current situation, where will that take pakistan.
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Feb 02, 2015 02:52am
@Bashir Ahmed Dear Bashir , the best solution is that Pak should keep its part of kashmir and india should keep their part with them. Since 67 years we are suffering and enough is enough We have to stop all these confrotations. Dont you think that we should start a bullet train from Delhi to Lahore and a ship cruiseur from Karachi to Mumbai in which the people from both countries may travel freely and enjoy their neighbourhood like in european countries.
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Feb 02, 2015 04:15am
There is a time for everything. Time now is to focus on domestic issues like terrorism and economy.
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Feb 02, 2015 04:21am
You need 2/3 majority to get that post, Pakistan is only one opposing it , Modi clearly said in SAARC we will move ahead with or without Pakistan support. Once again Pakistan will be left out just like in cricket Big 3
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Feb 02, 2015 04:24am
A lot of things must be done but words alone won't solve the problems
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Feb 02, 2015 04:25am
Kashmir would be solved the day Pakistanis stop mentioning it.
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Feb 02, 2015 05:32am
Forget Kashmir. Our own house is in disarray
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Feb 02, 2015 06:17am
@Indopak The best solution for whom? Perhaps for India and Pakistan but certainly NOT for the Kashmiri people. The LOC is not an international border but simply a ceasefire line. The Kashmiri people have a right to self-determination and there is no reason why an independent Kashmir cannot be on the table. Many scenarios are possible. For example, the Valley could merge with Azad Kashmir while Hindu-majority Jammu and Buddhist Ladakh could stay part of the Republic of India. We have to take the Kashmiri people on board and work with them to find a compromise.
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Feb 03, 2015 11:30pm
instead of craving fr a piece of land, we must work together a joint framework for developing the region's people and lifestyle.
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