Summary Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will chair the Federal Cabinet meeting in Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is chairing a special Cabinet meeting today (Friday) at Governor House, Lahore, to discuss the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK).
The meeting will discuss the overall situation in Kashmir after brutal assassination of Kashmiri leader Burhan Wani and oppressive actions of the Indian security forces against innocent civilians.
The Prime Minister will take the cabinet into confidence on measures taken so far, besides the future course of action on the issue.
More than 35 Kashmiri protestors have died and over 3,100 injured by Indian forces‘ firing following the killing of Burhan Wani last week.
Earlier in a statement, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that unarmed Kashmiris cannot be deterred from their rightful struggle for self-determination on gunpoint.
He said right to self-determination is just demand of Kashmiris in the light of UN resolutions.
The Prime Minister urged India to respect human rights in Occupied Kashmir. He called on India to fulfill its commitment to hold plebiscite in Kashmir to ascertain will of the people for their future alignment with either Pakistan or India. T
He said massacre of citizens by Indian forces is condemnable and use of force against Kashmiris is regrettable. Nawaz Sharif also expressed concerns over continued house arrest of Kashmiri leaders.
Earlier on Wednesday, Chairman Special Committee of the Parliament on Kashmir and President JUI-F Maulana Fazlur Rehman called on Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in Lahore.
The meeting was attended by CM Punjab Mr. Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Federal Minister for Interior Ch. Nisar Ali Khan and Federal Minister Mr. Akram Khan Durrani
Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman apprised the Prime Minister on his recent talks with the Kashmiri leadership over the human rights violations by Indian military and paramilitary forces in Jammu & Kashmir.
Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman conveyed the sentiments of the Kashmiri leadership and people for Pakistan and said that the Kashmiri leadership looks towards Pakistan in difficult times.
The Prime Minister stated that the resolution of the Jammu & Kashmir dispute is only possible by the realisation of the right to self determination of the people of Jammu&Kashmir, as per the UNSC resolutions , through a fair and impartial plebiscite under UN auspices.
