ISLAMABAD : Sept 19 : Caretaker prime minister, Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, is ready to highlight the issue of Kashmir in the United Nations assembly . Prime minister Kakar has reached New York. He is eading the Pakistani delegation in the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. About 150 world leaders will participate in the General Assembly meeting.
The prime minister will be the first caretaker prime minister of Pakistan to address the General Assembly session on September 22.
On the occasion of the high-level meeting of the Assembly to be held from September 19 to 26, massive security measures have been taken in and around the United Nations premises. It is expected that caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar will present Pakistan’s point of view on several regional and general issues including the Jammu and Kashmir conflict in his address.
The caretaker prime minister was received at the John F. Kennedy International Airport by Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Munir Akram, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations Masood Khan, Consul General in New York Aamir Ahmed Atuzai and other officials. The prime minister is expected to elaborate on his administration’s efforts to stabilize the country’s economic recovery and stimulate domestic and foreign investment. Apart from this, the Prime Minister will hold bilateral meetings with the counterparts of different countries, heads of international organizations, welfare organizations and corporate leaders. Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani has already arrived in New York to join the prime minister fro UN general assembly meeting.
In a news briefing in New York last week, Pakistani ambassador Munir Akram said that Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar will also participate in the Sustainable Development Goals Summit during his visit to the United Nations headquarters. Ambassador Akram said that Prime Minister Sustainable Development will talk about mobilizing financing for the goals of
The Pakistani ambassador added that the prime minister would also deliver a keynote address at another summit on financing for development where he would talk about mobilizing private sector finance for development.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not attend this year’s meeting. Instead, his Foreign Minister S Jaishankar will address the Assembly on September 26.
It is important to remember that the Kashmir issue is a dispute between India and Pakistan.
There have been three wars between Pakistan and India over the issue of Kashmir. The first war was fought in 1947, the second in 1965 and the third in 1971 and the last fourth in 1999. Apart from this, shelling has also been exchanged on the border of Occupied Kashmir and Pakistan, which is called the Line of Control. In which mostly the Pakistani civilian population has been targeted.