Report: Naseem Hassan/ANI
MUZAFFARABAD: President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Khan met a delegation of the Senate Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, led by its Chairman Syed Asad Qasim.
The delegation included Senators Nasir Mahmood, Nadeem Ahmed Bhutto and Dost Ali Jaiser. AJK Health and Population Welfare Minister Dr. Mustafa Bashir Abbasi and Secretary Presidential Affairs Sardar Zafar Khan were also present.
During the meeting, the participants discussed matters of mutual interest, the overall situation in Azad Kashmir, the Kashmir dispute and ongoing human rights violations in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
President Najeeb Khan welcomed the senators' visit and said the people of Azad Kashmir maintained deep-rooted ties with Pakistan. He emphasised that a lasting resolution of the Kashmir dispute was possible through granting the Kashmiri people their right to self-determination in accordance with UN resolutions.
He said the people of Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir had continued their struggle for fundamental rights and freedom despite serious human rights violations and the targeting of political leaders and youth by India.
The AJK President thanked the senators for adopting unanimous resolutions in support of the Kashmiri people and expressed hope that the committee would continue highlighting the Kashmir issue at national and international forums.
The senators congratulated Dr. Najeeb Khan on assuming the office of AJK President and extended their best wishes.
