LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday congratulated the nation and Kashmiri people on international acceptance of demands of Pakistan on the issue and said people would hear good news soon.
| He's got long arms, that's how he pats himself on the back like that ... |
He said Pakistan is committed to resolving the Kashmir issue and it would not compromise on its principles regarding the Kashmir policy.
"Recognition by the international community of this long-standing demand of Pakistan for resolution of the Kashmir issue augurs well for the cause and Kashmiris will soon receive good news in this regard," he said during a meeting with AJK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan who had called on Gilani.
The AJK PM briefed Gilani on his participation in high-level meetings in Brussels for resolution of the Kashmir issue. He also briefed the PM about his input at the United Nations, European Union and Organisation of Islamic Conference meeting.
Sardar Attique said adoption of the Kashmir dispute as an international issue by the European Union Parliament after 63 years was the Pakistan government's greatest achievement on the foreign affairs front.
| So true. Pakistan's very greatest achievement. But then, the list is short. |
He said the EU had started a hearing in its parliament for resolution of the long-standing issue.
| Apparently the EU Parliament doesn't have anything to do in, you know, Europe ... |
| Imagine if the EU had an activist parliament, like the U.S. has had recently... Let us all be thankful for small favours. |
The AJK PM said the UN, EU and OIC had included the Kashmir issue in their official businesses after adopting a common mechanism for its resolution. He told Gilani that this success was an outcome of a dedicated struggle of the present Pakistani government based on a principled stance.
Sardar Attique extended the Kashmiris' gratitude to Gilani for highlighting Indian atrocities against the Kashmiris in Indian-held Kashmir before the international community as well as providing timely assistance to them at the time if the 2005 earthquake and floods. |