ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s permanent representatives to United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi has said that Pakistan had always kept alive the issue of Kashmir at the forum of the world body.
Despite all the hurdles created by arch rival India, the Kashmir issue had always been raised by Pakistan on the UN agenda, she stated while talking to a private news channel on Monday.
Commenting on the ongoing visit of Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to the United States, she said he had effectively presented the case of Pakistan at the UN General Assembly session.
She said the foreign minister had met many world dignitaries on the sidelines of the UN Assembly session. He informed the leaders about the priorities of the new Pakistan government, she added.
Maleeha Lodhi said Shah Mehmood Qureshi had brought the world attention to gross human rights violations committed by India, on the innocent Kashmiri people.
She said the UN secretary general had expressed his concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, besides showing keen interest in visiting India, during his interview to a newspaper.
To a question, she said that the foreign minister’s ongoing visit to the United States was very successful.
To another question regarding Pak-US ties, she said Shah Mehmood Qureshi would have meetings with high US officials. The foreign minister was making efforts to re-engage the US and it was pre-mature to say about the outcome of his meetings, she added.
