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  • Seminar On 'Kashmir, Nagorno Karabakh-Festering Disputes' Held

    SEMINAR ON 'KASHMIR, NAGORNO KARABAKH-FESTERING DISPUTES' HELD

    Associated Press of Pakistan
    http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?optio n=com_content&task=view&id=95799&Itemi d=2
    Feb 5 2010

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (APP): A seminar " Kashmir and Nagorno
    Karabakh-festering disputes" organized by Society of
    Asian Civilizations Pakistan in collaboration with Preston
    University, Islamabad & Embassy of Republic of Azerbaijan here on
    Friday.Chancellor, Preston University Dr. Abdul Basit presented
    the welcome address briefly and highlighted the contribution of
    the university.He said it is time to bring the two issues together
    which have a lot of similarities, adding that " we can create well
    understanding on the both disputes."

    Prof. Dr. ZA Qureshi highlighted the similarities between the two
    disputes deliberated in his lecture.

    While Dr. Tahir Amin of Quaid-i-Azam University pointed out in his
    keynote address the significance of two disputes saying that it is
    the need of the hour to realize gravity of the situation.

    He urged the world community to play their due role for resolving the
    two lingering disputes for peace of the region, adding that Indian
    forces had occupied the best part of Kashmir.

    Highlighting the similarities and dissimilarities, he said that Nagorno
    Karabakh is historically the part of the Azerbaijan and Kashmir is
    the issue of self-determination. He said that after 9/11 it is was
    the ideal chance for resolving the Kashmir issue but we badly missed
    the opportunity.

    A. Rauf Khabia, Chancellor National Institute of Cultural Studies
    Islamabad in his address said that Kashmir will be free one day and
    their struggle of freedom will bear fruit. He said that Kashmir will
    no more remain an occupied territory one day.

    Ambassador of Azerbaijan Dr. Eynullah Madatli also spoke on the
    occasion, he said that it is disappointing that Kashmir and Nagorno
    Karabakh are still under foreign occupation. He stressed giving right
    of self determination to the Kashmiris.

    Highlighting the atrocities of Armenia in Nagorno Karabakh he said
    that Armenia is occupying the 20 per cent area of Azerbaijan.

    Dr. Ishtiaq Hussain a professor of International Relations also
    presented his research paper on the two disputes.
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