By Tariq Naqash in The Dawn, Nov 2 MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 1: Renowned Kashmiri human rights activist Dr Syed Nazir Gilani has asked Pakistan to stick to the right to self-determination instead of using the vague term of “aspirations” of the people of Kashmir. “It would be wrong and unwise on the part of Pakistan to skip the urgent need to clarify between accession, self-determination and aspirations on the one hand and unfairly hope to manipulate…
Posts published in “Day: November 3, 2009”
The Dawn, Nov 3 ( The author is Co-chairman, Pakistan-India Citizens Friendship Forum, Karachi) IN the midst of the attacks in Pakistan by terrorists and militants, the offer of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resume the peace process – dialogue — with Pakistan came as a pleasant response as we do need to have a sense of security and peace on our eastern border so that more emphasis may be given by security forces to…
LAHORE, Nov 1: The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front will stage a long march to Islamabad on Nov 5 to press for the withdrawal of the Gilgit-Baltistan package. Making the announcement at a press conference here on Sunday, JKLF president Syed Faisal Nazki and district president Javed Kashmiri said the Gilgit-Baltistan Ordinance was a colonial-type package because the powers would not be vested in the people but in Gilgit-Blatistan Council. They said the Kashmiris considered the…