NewsSeptember 28, 2016
India can’t separate itself from Indus Water Treaty unilaterally: PM
By APPISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that the Indus Water Treaty was a mutually agreed arrangement between India and Pakistan brokered by the World Bank in 1960, and neither of them can unilaterally separate itself from the treaty.
The prime minister was chairing a meeting that was attended by Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali, Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, National Security Advisor General (R) Nasir Janjua, Foreign Secretary, DG Military Operations and senior civil and military officials.
The meeting expressed its deep concern on the increase in systematic human rights violations in Indian-held Kashmir and condemned brutal use of force by Indian security forces.
The meeting agreed that Pakistan would continue to strive for a peaceful South Asia with a view to enable its people the progress and prosperity of the 21st century.
At the same time, the meeting also agreed, that Pakistan was fully capable of meeting any internal or external security threat with the complete resolve of its people and valiant armed forces.He said Pakistan would continue to extend its moral and diplomatic support to Kashmiris until the issue was resolved as per aspirations of Kashmiri people. The meeting also reviewed matters pertaining to national and regional security.
The participants expressed satisfaction over the preparedness of the armed forces to defend the territorial integrity of Pakistan.
Courtesy www.thenews.com.pk
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