POK premier says US also a party to Kashmir issue

OKARA - The Prime Minister of Pakistan administered Kashmir, Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, has said that the United States has also become a party to the Kashmir issue after the November visit of President Barack Obama to India.

Interacting with media at the residence of Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs Manzoor Ahmed Watoo at Wasawywala, the Daily Times quoted Khan, as saying that the Kashmir issue was very sensitive and is gaining in prominence internationally.

He also said that the day when the people of Kashmir would get their right to freedom was not far away, and added that all governments of the past had played their due role in resolving the Kashmir issue.

Watoo said that Pakistan and India were nuclear powers and neither side was in favor of a war. (ANI)