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Pak constitutes committee to highlight its stand on Kashmir
Islamabad, Nov 04: Pakistan has constituted a 26-member committee of parliamentarians drawn from ruling and opposition parties to mobilise world opinion in favour of its stand on Kashmir.
Islamabad, Nov 04: Pakistan has constituted a 26-member committee of parliamentarians drawn from ruling and opposition parties to mobilise world opinion in favour of its stand on Kashmir.
The committee consisting of 16 members of ruling coalition and 10 from opposition included, former foreign minister Gohar Ayub Khan, cricketer-turned-politician, Imran Khan, senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and chairman of the 15-party Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD), leaders of the Islamist Party alliance Muthahida Majlis Amal (MMA) Qazi Hussain Ahmad and Fazlur Rehman.
While the government announced the formation of the committee, it was not yet clear, whether the Opposition leaders, who were boycotting the Parliament to protest against the continuation of Pervez Musharraf as President have accepted their nomination to the committee.
The National Assembly approved four-point terms of references for the new committee yesterday in the absence of the opposition which stayed away from the proceedings as mark of its protest. However, the government has not named the chairman of the committee.
The four points of the terms of reference included, monitoring alleged Indian violations of human rights in J&K, mobilisation of world opinion in support of "right of self-determination" of Kashmiris as well as Pakistan's stand on Kashmir to solicit and provide political, moral and diplomatic support to Kashmiris.
The government did not clarify whether it was a substitute to Pakistan Kashmir Committee which was dissolved last year.
Bureau Report
While the government announced the formation of the committee, it was not yet clear, whether the Opposition leaders, who were boycotting the Parliament to protest against the continuation of Pervez Musharraf as President have accepted their nomination to the committee.
The National Assembly approved four-point terms of references for the new committee yesterday in the absence of the opposition which stayed away from the proceedings as mark of its protest. However, the government has not named the chairman of the committee.
The four points of the terms of reference included, monitoring alleged Indian violations of human rights in J&K, mobilisation of world opinion in support of "right of self-determination" of Kashmiris as well as Pakistan's stand on Kashmir to solicit and provide political, moral and diplomatic support to Kashmiris.
The government did not clarify whether it was a substitute to Pakistan Kashmir Committee which was dissolved last year.
Bureau Report