"If a referendum could be held in East Timor and Sudan, why not in Kashmir": asks AJK PM :.

MIRPUR ( AJK ) -- Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan while terming the unresolved Kashmir dispute as a constant threat to regional peace has said that if a referendum can be held in East Timor and Sudan, why not in Kashmir.

While addressing a special session of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly convened on the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity Day in the State metropolis on Sunday the PM said that the United Nations must take effective notice of the prolonged military occupation of Kashmir by India and play its much needed role to settle the long-running dispute in line with the UNSC resolutions.

"If a referendum can be held in East Timor and Sudan, why can't it be held in Kashmir?", the PM said adding that the unresolved Kashmir was a burning spark that has the potential to jeopardize the peace of the whole world.Referring to Britain's role, the PM said that the responsibility of the Britain was even more important as it quit the subcontinent while leaving the partition of India halfway." Today we remind the United Nations to complete the incomplete agenda of partition of India", he said.

The AJK premier thanked the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif for visiting Muzaffarabad and expressing solidarity with Kashmiri brethren in occupied Kashmir. Denouncing the Modi government's unilateral move to change the region's special status, the PM said after abrogating article 379 and 35A the Hindu supremacist regime was hell bent on changing the region's demography aimed at converting Muslim majority of the state into a minority.

He said that India was investing heavily in Occupied Kashmir, but Kashmiris have rejected this so-called investment by the Modi regime. Recalling Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani, the PM said, "SAS Geelani had once said that even if India paves the streets of Kashmir with gold, we would still refuse to...