Kashmir—Resistance is the Way Forward

In my earlier New York Times article dated Aug. 30, 2019, I apprised the world about Pakistan’s peace overtures vis-a-vis Indian intransigence manifesting in a perpetual threat to regional and global peace. Post-Pulwama face-off bears testimony to the perils of hostilities in nuclearized South Asia.

IN a recent seminar in Islamabad on the Kashmir dispute, a senior official remarked that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions on Kashmir were passed under Chapter VI of the UN Charter and not under Chapter VII, and are therefore not binding but only recommendatory.

As euphoria over PM’s US visit subsides, it’s evident there was no clear outcome.
On three days in New York last week, US President Donald Trump spoke on Kashmir — after his meetings with Pakistan PM Imran Khan and PM Narendra Modi and during his final press conference at the UN Headquarters on Thursday.

After I was elected prime minister of Pakistan last August, one of my foremost priorities was to work for lasting and just peace in South Asia. India and Pakistan, despite our difficult history, confront similar challenges of poverty, unemployment and climate change, especially the threat of melting glaciers and scarcity of water for hundreds of millions of our citizens.

OF SIEGE HIT EARLY, in the air, long before seeing the barbed-wire barricades and security forces armed to the teeth blocking the way. Fifteen minutes before the plane touched down at Srinagar, an announcement was made asking the passengers to close the windows.