- Warn India against violating Indus Water Treaty
ISLAMABAD, October 3: All parties conference presided over by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday has agreed to continue rendering support to Kashmiris in their struggle against Indian occupation and acquisition of right to determination.
As written in the joint communiqué released after the conference, all the parliamentary parties agreed to establishment of a committee over national security amidst the brewing tensions with India which has cost the region 19th Summit of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation among blows to different peace efforts. Pakistan’s political leaders warn India against violating Indus Water Treaty.
It was declared that the violation of Indus Water Treaty by India would be considered an act of aggression.
The parties acknowledged that in the last 87 days, over 700 Kashmiris lost their eyesight and 110 innocent civilians were martyred included women and children due to Indian atrocities in held Kashmir valley.
Jamaat-e-Islami chief, Sirajul Haq, while expressing his viewpoint during the meeting said that the nation stood united with the government and the military to get the Kashmir cause meet success.
He welcomed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly by saying that the premier raised the dispute effectively.
Chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Maulana Fazlur Rehman stressed that the need of the hour was national unity among forging collective voice to shape a resolve of national significance.
He felicitated the government and all the participating parliamentary parties for convening a successful meeting that according to him sent a positive message to the entire world. Fazlur Rehman lauded premier’s move to dispatch envoys to significant role players in different capital to highlight Kashmir dispute and draw attention to Indian violence. Representing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, a political party with a history of National Assembly and Senate boycott that announced participation in the meeting allegedly for the sole cause of Kashmir, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the session conveyed a positive message. Qureshi claimed that Indian government knew the solution to Kashmir dispute was not coercive forces but was resorting to belligerence anyway. Co-Chairman of Pakistan People’s Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that despite differences with the government on multiple issues, the political party stood united over Kashmir cause.
According to Bilawal, the current scenario developed in context of Uri attack, cancellation of SAARC summit and wrong claim of surgical strike, was the turning point in Pakistan-India relations.
Leader of the Opposition in Senate, Aitzaz Ahsan said that the dispute needed to be resolved in accordance with the aspirations of Kashmiris. He assured the government of support and said that the Indus Water Treaty could not be revoked independently. – Agencies
