UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday addressed the UN General Assembly on the
Kashmir issue and the country's tense relations with India.
Here are key points of Sharif's UN address. 1. The world is more prosperous but still afflicted with poverty
2. A new cold war threatens to engulf Europe
3. My government in the last three years has moved the country towards robust growth
4.
In many countries the ghost of intolerance has revived xenophobia and Islamophobia
5. Pakistan has been victim of terrorism, including that sponsored from abroad. But we will not allow this. Thousands of our soldiers have lost their lives in acts of terror.
6. We will not allow foreign forces to destabilize the development of Pakistan
7. Pakistan's zarb-e-Azab is the most robust and successful campaign anywhere in the world.
8. Pakistan has been the principal victim of terrorism including that supported, sponsored, financed from abroad
9. Pakistan wants peace with India. We have gone the extra mile to achieve this
10. Talks are to resolve issue in Jammu & Kashmir and to avoid escalation
11. Talks are in the interest of both India and Pakistan
12. India has posed pre-conditions talks that are not in favour of Pakistan.
13. Burhan Wani, the young leader killed by Indian forces, emerged as the new face of Kashmiri intifada
14. This uprising of Kashmir has been met with brutal force by India
15. Hundreds killed, hundreds blinded by pellet guns. These Indian brutalities are well documented.
16. Pakistan will share dossier with UN Secy General on Indian brutalities in Kashmir
17. Peace between India and Pakistan cannot be finally achieved without resolution to the Kashmir dispute.