Pakistan says no peace without resolving Kashmir issue

September 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has regretted his decision of implementing emergency which created further trouble in the country and impeded his 'out of the box' solution for the Kashmir issue. In an interview to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Musharraf said India and Pakistan were close to ending the long pending Kashmir dispute which could well have been resolved had his 'political misstep' not derailed the initiative.

September 25th, 2009 NEW YORK - President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan wants peaceful relations with India, and urged resolution of the Kashmir issue, as it is the key to peace in the region. He said the only way forward with India is the dialogue, saying Pakistan hails the resumption of dialogue with India and Pakistan wants friendly relations with its neighbour.

September 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yosuf Raza Gilani is back to singing his 'K-tune' by describing Kashmir as Pakistan's jugular vein. Interacting with a group of political leaders during an Iftaar party at the PM House here, Gilani said Islamabad's policy on Kashmir was based on Mohammad Ali Jinnah's stance that "Kashmir was the jugular vein of Pakistan." Referring to the government's recent decision to grant internal autonomy to Gilgit-Baltistan, Gilani said Pakistan's stand on Kashmir would remain unchanged.

September 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is looking to rake up the Kashmir issue at the United Nations General Assembly which is scheduled to be held later this month. According to sources, in two separate meetings held at the Foreign Office, concerned officials briefed Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi regarding both the Kashmir and Afghanistan issues.

September 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has decided to take up the Kashmir and Afghanistan issues during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly session, Online news agency reported. Pakistan would inform the international community about its reservations on India's intentions to resolve the Kashmir issue as well as on the war against terrorism in Afghanistan.

August 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Terming the Kashmir issue as a 'cornerstone' of country's foreign policy, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said his government is 'vigorously' pursuing the issue. Speaking in the Lower House of parliament, Gilani said the government fully supported the cause of the Kashmiri people.

August 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has reiterated its ad-nauseum stance of resolving the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN resolution. Addressing a gathering at Rawalkot, Interior Advisor Rehman Malik said Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has always supported the self-determination right of the Kashmiri's.

August 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - British parliamentarian Lord Nazir Ahmed and former Pakistan Kashmir Prime Minister Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry have accused the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)-led federal government of not doing enough to highlight the Kashmir issue in international forums. Addressing a joint news conference at Mehmood's residence here on Sunday, both claimed that the Kashmir issue was being sidelined and added that it must be forcefully highlighted before the international community.

July 23rd, 2009 BRUSSELS - Kashmir will be on the agenda of the Indo-Pak composite dialogue process once it resumes, Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has said. Kaira said a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue is the key for region's development and prosperity.

June 29th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that it is not possible to have peace with India until the Kashmir issue is resolved, and added that Islamabad always wanted cordial relations with all neighbouring countries. "I want to say again that Pakistan has always wanted to have cordial relations with all neighbouring countries, including Afghanistan, India and Iran, but talks between India and Pakistan without resolution of the Kashmir issue would be fruitless," he told reporters here.

June 27th, 2009 LAHORE - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has claimed that he came near to resolving the Kashmir dispute during the infamous Agra summit in 2001. In an interview to a private television channel, Musharraf said that he and the then India Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee had even agreed to draft a joint declaration regarding the Kashmir issue, but blamed New Delhi for ditching Islamabad at the last moment.

June 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the resolution of the Kashmir issue is the key to peace in the region and for India and Pakistan to have cordial ties. Addressing delegates of the Kashmir American Council, Sharif said Pakistan is committed to resolving the issue.

June 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the during the former President General Pervez Musharraf's reign, the Foreign Ministry was kept in dark regarding his "out of the box" proposals to resolve the Kashmir issue. Qureshi said the ministry had no knowledge about any efforts being made to resolve the Kashmir issue during Musharraf's regime.

February 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Kashmir still stands out as the core issue for Pakistan though it has cooperated regarding the Mumbai terror attack investigation, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman has said. Rehman told a private TV channel that without solving the Kashmir issue, peace in the region was impossible because it was the main issue behind India-Pakistan tension, Pakistan's Online news agency reported.

January 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband Friday stressed the importance of holding intensive dialogue for resolving the Kashmir issue, Geo TV reported. The British foreign secretary made the remarks at a press conference here at the British high commission.