[image: Kashmir issue Pakistan speakers conference Qasim Khan Suri NationalAssembly deputy speaker]
MALDIVES – Pakistan has successfully highlighted Kashmir issue and plightof suppressed Kashmiris in speakers’ conference in Maldives on Sunday andknocked out India in the forum.
Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri was leading the Pakistanidelegation at the conference.
Qasim Suri raised the Kashmir issue in the fourth South Asia speakers’conference on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Indian Lok Sabhaspeaker objected to Suri’s comments and termed Kashmir issue India’sinternal matter.
It was the first interaction between Pakistan and India at government levelafter India’s unilateral action in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir on 5thAugust.
Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri effectively raised thevoice of oppressed Kashmiris. The Pakistani delegation protested againstthe illegal move of BJP government that revoked the special status ofKashmir.



