Foreign Desk Report
WASHINGTON: Kashmir is a flashpoint threatening peace and security in South Asia that underscores the needs for a lasting solution to the decades-old dispute based on the aspirations of Kashmiri people, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US, Asad Majeed Khan, told an academic meeting on Tuesday.
He was participating in a webinar on “The Future of Kashmir & the Challenges of COVID-19,” which was organized by the School of International Service (SAIS), American University. The discussion was moderated by Professor Akbar S. Ahmed, the Ibn-Khaldun chair of Islamic Studies at American University.
The Pakistani Ambassador drew the attention of the audience to the ongoing human rights situation in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK), and said New Delhi was using the Covid-19 situation to advance its agenda in Kashmir through repression and violence.
