JKNF urges UNSC role to settle Kashmir dispute

SRINAGAR: Terming implementation of the UN proposed road-map as the most feasible solution to the Kashmir dispute the Jammu and Kashmir National Front (JKNF) while seeking the UN Security Council (UNSC) role has asked it to play its much-needed role in the implementation of the 5th January 1949 resolution that seeks resolution of the dispute on the basis of right to self-determination.

In a statement issued here today , JKNF spokesperson Shafiq ur Rehman said that for more than seven decades, India’s belligerent military occupation has been major hurdle in the way of peaceful settlement to the long-drawn conflict.

Referring to the devastating effects of the Kashmir dispute, the Front spokesman said, “Now is the time for the UN Security Council to take effective cognizance of the India’s brutal occupation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and its devastating impacts and play its due role in the implementation of the historic resolution, which guarantees right to self-determination to the people of Kashmir”.
Given the extremely volatile situation in the restive region, Rehman said that it was imperative that the global community should exert pressure on the government of India to resolve the dispute peacefully.