AJK president seeks UK's proactive role for Kashmir resolution through UNSC.

ISLAMABAD -- Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan has said that in spite India's all-out stubbornness, the world is convinced that peace and security cannot be ensured in South Asia without resolving the Kashmir issue in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiri people.

Commenting on the debate in the UK parliament on the move of the British Labor Party MP Sarah Owen with the support of cross-party British MPs, the state president said that more than one dozen UK MPs including some ministers while taking part in the debate have expressed grave concern over the fast deteriorating human rights situation in occupied Kashmir.

'They (MPs) also conveyed a categorical message to the Indian regime to refrain from its illegal actions in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir state, and respect the right of self-determination of the Kashmiri people.' Khan said

The AJK president thanked all members of the UK parliament including James Barry Daly, Sarah Owen, Naz Shah, Paul Bristow, Steve Baker for their support to Kashmiri peoples' struggle for their right to self determination and expressing concern over the worsening human rights situation in occupied Kashmir.

He also expressed his gratitude to UK MPs for urging India to take immediate measures to improve the human rights situation in Kashmir under its occupation.

Sardar Masood Khan expressed the hope that the UK parliamentarians besides taking part in the debate on the Kashmir issue...

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