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Simla pact hit Kashmir struggle: Shahbaz
[DAWN] Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab... has termed Simla agreement reached between India and Pakistain in 1972 a big mistake, saying it partially hurt the Kashmiris’ freedom struggle. The statement invited criticism from the PPP whose then chairman and prime minister of the country, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ...9th PM of Pakistain from 1973 to 1977, and 4th President of Pakistain from 1971 to 1973. He was the founder of the Pakistain Peoples Party (PPP). His eldest daughter, Benazir Bhutto, would also serve as hereditary PM. In a coup led by General Zia-ul-Haq, Bhutto was removed from office and was executed in 1979 for authorizing the murder of a political opponent... , and his Indian counterpart Indra Gandhi had signed the pact. The agreement had resulted in release of some 90,000 Pak soldiers imprisoned by India following the 1971 war fought between the two South Asian neigbours. "The Simla agreement was a big mistake [on the part of Islamabad] as it dampened the spirit of the Kashmiris fighting for their freedom and hurt their movement though it never stopped in Kashmire," Shahbaz Sharif told a conference on the India-held valley here on Thursday. He said young Kashmiri leader Burhan Wani further strengthened the movement through his martyrdom and now Kashmiris were raising pro-Pakistain slogans everywhere in the valley. "Someone should teach the CM Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... what foreign policy is. He can’t possibly think mimicking SZAB [Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto] makes him a statesman," tweeted PPP chairperson Bilawal BabyBhutto Zardari ...Pak dynastic politician, son of Benazir Bhutto and grandon of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. As far as is known, Bilawal has no particular talents other than being pretty and being able to memorize political slogans, but he had the good luck to be born into the right family and he hasn't been assassinated yet... He was responding to a tweet by a party leader, Murtaza Solangi, who took pains to explain the Simla pact. "There is nothing wrong with Simla agreement. One should (first) read the agreement before cirticising it," said Mr Solangi, and lamented the criticism of the pact by Mr Sharif. "It is sad and unfortunate that on a day like this Shahbaz Sharif chooses to criticise Simal pact and by extension ZAB."Using the platform of the Kashmire conference, Shehbaz criticised the agitation politics of the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) and chided Imran Khan  ... aka Taliban Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality problems... for "dividing" the nation at a time when blood was being shed in India-held Kashmire. "The world is listening to India and not us on the Kashmire dispute because New Delhi has progressed financially," he told the conference at the PML-N Secretariat in Model Town. "Therefore, it’s need of the hour to strengthen the country and forge unity among ranks and file of the nation. But on the one hand innocent blood is being spilled in Kashmire and on the other nation is being divided." Azad Jammu and Kashmire Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider and Punjab University Vice-Chancellor Mujahid Kamran also spoke. Mr Sharif said that instead of heading towards borders, talks of a sit-in were making the rounds to divide the nation. He called it a "2014-like conspiracy", an indirect reference to PTI and Pakistain Awami Tehrik sit-downs in Islamabad.He offered Mr Khan to hold a joint rally on the India borders against atrocities in Kashmire. Posted by: Fred 2016-10-01 |
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