KARACHI: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General ZubairMahmood Hayat on Monday said that enduring peace in South Asia was notpossible without a just resolution of the Kashmir issue in line with UnitedNations Security Council resolutions.
In an address to participants of an Air War Course at Air War College,Karachi, General Hayat said the people of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK)were being subjected to injustice and atrocities by Indian forces for thepast seven decades.
He said Pakistan’s security situation was a complex function of internaland external factors and reiterated that peace in South Asia was contingentupon maintenance of strategic stability in the region.
“These challenges demand a collective approach to promote security in theregion and beyond. Partnerships based on cooperation will facilitatepeaceful conflict resolution,” he said.
General Hayat’s talk, titled ‘Pakistan: Significance and Responsibility’,was followed by a vibrant and candid question and answer session.
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Pakistan’s government and army have put up a united front in the face ofrising tensions with India, following New Delhi’s illegal revocation ofIndian Occupied Kashmir’s (IOK) special status.
At a joint press conference on August 17, Foreign Minister Shah MehmoodQureshi and military spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor demanded thewithdrawal of Indian forces from IOK and vowed to fight for the disputedterritory “till the last soldier and bullet”.
