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FM Qureshi wishes Geelani speedy recovery
[DAWN] Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood WormtongueQureshi  ...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached...on Sunday prayed for early recovery of Syed Ali Geelani, the chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, from illness and said that his existence was a great source of encouragement for the people of Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... In a video message, the foreign minister prayed for the APHC leader’s good health and long life. "You are a rock in your resolve. The way you have represented the unarmed people of Kashmir over the last six decades and became a flag bearer of their right to self-determination, is unprecedented in the history," the foreign minister said. No worldly favours, oppression, torture or detention could deter Mr Geelani’s resolve, Mr Qureshi said. He said that after India’s unilateral action of Aug 5, the people who had been opposing Mr Geelani’s viewpoint were now admitting their mistake of wasting their time for believing the Indian government’s false commitments on Kashmir. The foreign minister said that the people of Pakistain and Azad Jammu and Kashmir living anywhere in the world were praying for recuperation of the Hurriyat leader because Mr Geelani had become a symbol of courage, resolve and the ideology of self-determination. Related: Syed Ali Geelani: 2019-03-12 3 JeM militants killed in Tral Syed Ali Geelani: 2019-01-11 Is Hurriyat nod to Norway mediation on Kashmir dispute sign of breakthrough? Syed Ali Geelani: 2016-11-13 March to main Srinagar mosque foiled Related: Shah Mehmood Qureshi: 2019-10-04 Pakistan and Taliban call for U.S. to resume Afghan peace talks Shah Mehmood Qureshi: 2019-09-19 'Historic day': PM Imran inaugurates 24/7 border crossing at Torkham Shah Mehmood Qureshi: 2019-09-08 Pakistan denies Indian president's request to use its airspace for overflight Related: All Parties Hurriyet Conference: 2017-12-06 3 youth killed in India-held Kashmir All Parties Hurriyet Conference: 2016-09-08 Indian Forces gun down two more Kashmiri students All Parties Hurriyet Conference: 2016-08-26 Another protester killed by Indian troops firing in held Kashmir Related: Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 2019-12-30 Van Hollen: ‘If You Have a Rigged Trial There’s No Exoneration’ for Trump Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 2019-11-04 Pakistan rejects 'incorrect, legally untenable' political maps issued by India Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 2019-10-23 Foreign diplomats taken to Neelum Valley to debunk Indian army claim of destroying 'terror launch pads' Posted by: Fred 2020-02-18 |
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