ISLAMABAD – Pakistan launches yet another international diplomtic maneuverover Occupied Kashmir.
Pakistan is in contact with the influential ‘Permanent Five’ countriesseeking support on Kashmir in the United Nations Security Council.
Islamabad has already sought a special UNSC session to discuss Kashmirafter India merged the disputed territory into its union.
This follows Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s public admission thatit will be a tough task to get the support of UNSC and the Muslim worldagainst India’s decision to revoke Kashmir’s special status.
Qureshi asked his countrymen not to live in a “fool’s paradise” addingPakistanis needed to “wage a new struggle” to get the support of the UNSCmembers.
“You (people) should not live in fool’s paradise. Nobody will be standingthere (in the UNSC) with garlands in hands. Nobody will be there waitingfor you,” he said at a recent media interaction.
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After revoking Article 370 of the Constitution, which gave special statusto Kashmir, India has categorically told the international community thatthe move is an internal matter and has asked Pakistan to “accept thereality.”
Without naming any Muslim-majority country, FM Qureshi said, “The guardiansof Ummah (Islamic nation)” might also not back Pakistan on the Kashmirissue due to their economic interest.
He said since these countries, along with many others, had invested inIndia, it will not be easy for them to oppose India’s stand to safeguardtheir economic interests.
