Pakistan appeals United Nations to appoint a special representative for Kashmir
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in a meeting with United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres in New York on Thursday demanded the body appoint a special representative for Kashmir as he apprised the UN chief of Indian ceasefire violations across the Line of Control and Working Boundary.
Abbasi also shared a dossier on human rights violations committed by Indian security forces in held Kashmir with Guterres.
The PM told the UN chief that India had closed the doors of dialogue with Pakistan. He also apprised him of the deaths of civilians in cross-border firing today.
At least six civilians have been killed and 20 others wounded in ‘unprovoked’ firing and shelling by Indian forces across the Working Boundary, according to the army’s media wing and local administration officials in Sialkot.
#PMAttends72UNGA PM urged UNSG 2appoint SpecialEnvoy on Kashmir;said it was necessry as India had closed all doors of dialogue with Pakistan
— M. Nafees Zakaria (@ForeignOfficePk) September 21, 2017
Guterres acknowledged Pakistan’s counter-terrorism efforts, Radio Pakistan reported. SAMAA
Story first published: 22nd September 2017
Article source: https://www.samaa.tv/international/2017/09/pakistan-appeals-united-nations-appoint-special-representative-kashmir/