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Kashmir is the jugular vein of Pakistan: Gilani |
Pakistan Prime Minister Yosuf Raza Gilani is back
to singing his 'K-tune' by describing Kashmir as Pakistan's jugular vein. Interacting
with a group of political leaders during an Iftaar party at the PM House here,
Gilani said Islamabad's policy on Kashmir was based on Mohammad Ali Jinnah's stance
that "Kashmir was the jugular vein of Pakistan." Referring to the government's
recent decision to grant internal autonomy to Gilgit-Baltistan, Gilani said Pakistan's
stand on Kashmir would remain unchanged. "I want to express in clear and unequivocal
terms that this decision of the government will not bring any change in Pakistan's
principled stand on Kashmir," Gilani said. Gilani blamed India of neglecting the
long pending Kashmir issue and said that Pakistan wants a peaceful resolution
to the dispute. "We want to resolve the Kashmir dispute peacefully and have invited
India for negotiations, despite it repeatedly ignoring them," The Daily times
quoted Gilani, as saying. Gilani said he had categorically told Prime Minister
Dr. Manmohan Singh during their meeting at the margins of the NAM summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh
earlier this year that resolving the issue was very important for establishing
peace in the region. "There could be no peace in the region until the Kashmir
dispute was resolved according to the aspirations of its people," he added. |
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