Visiting MPs announce launch of ASEAN Kashmir Advocacy Group.

ISLAMABAD -- The visiting parliamentarians from ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) on Thursday announced establishment of ASEAN Kashmir Advocacy Group for highlighting the issue at international level. In a meeting with President Dr Arif Alvi here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the 18-member delegation comprising ASEAN parliamentarians led by Haji Mohammad Azmi Hamid, President of Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organization (MAPIM), condemned the Indian oppression against Kashmiris and violation of their human rights and identity. The ASEAN Parliamentary delegation is on a four-day visit to Pakistan since Tuesday. The delegation comprises parliamentarians and civil society members from Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia and Thailand. President Dr Arif Alvi informed the ASEAN MPs that the political map recently issued by Indian Home Ministry incorrectly showed Jammu and Kashmir region and parts of Gilgit Baltistan as its territory, which was in complete violation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions.

The president stressed that Pakistan rejected the 'incorrect, legally untenable and void' maps, which were incompatible with the United Nations' maps. President Alvi said India was blatantly...