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| No…it was all half baked: Pak PM | | | Islamabad | May 10
New Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani says the proposals discussed with India in the recent years to resolve the Kashmir issue were "half baked things that didn't have the mandate of Parliament".
Reverting to the hawkish stand that the "core issue" of Kashmir must be settled in line with UN resolutions and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people, he said at the same time there should be a rethink about the Kashmir issue and that his government could "go beyond" the UN resolutions.
Outlining Pakistan's new coalition government's plans to improve relations with India and to resolve outstanding issues, he told Karan Thapar on CNN-IBN's programme "Devil's Advocate", "Yes there are a few core issues which we want to resolve. At the same time, we want to maintain excellent and extremely good relations with our neighbours."
On Kashmir, Gilani said: "Our point of view is very, very clear that is (the issue should be resolved) according to the resolutions of United Nations and the aspirations of the people of Kashmir." He added that the Kashmir issue would be discussed when India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee visited Islamabad on May 21.
Gilani dismissed as "half-baked things" proposals discussed by Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during parleys over the past four years to resolve the dragging Kashmir issue. These included suggestions that there should be no alteration of boundaries and that borders should be made irrelevant.
"These were half-baked things that didn't have the mandate of the parliament. And now the new government has taken over, we have a government that has a prime minister who was unanimously elected. We have the support of all the political forces in the country," he said. |
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