Secretary interior seeks apology from Kashmiris, Nation on disputed statement regarding Kashmir

ISLAMABAD, Nov 13 .SOUTH ASIAN NEWS AGENCY

 Federal secretary Interior Khawaja Siddique Akbar has sought apology from nation and Kashmiris over the disputed statement filed in Supreme Court regarding Kashmir in which the Indian occupied Kashmir had been declared as state of India.

He sought apology during a meeting of Special Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir held in Islamabad under the chairmanship of Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman on Tuesday.

Secretary Interior presented the amended statement before the committee and informed that the amended statement also has been submitted in apex court.

The committee imposing ban over the issuance and publishing of statement regarding Kashmir has declared that all institutions including Interior Ministry would not issue any statement on Kashmir without approval of Foreign Ministry.

Kashmir Committee reaffirming the Pakistan stance over Kashmir issue has said that so-called election under the shadow of Indian forces and puppet administration are not solution of Kashmir dispute, adding that United Nations has supported the Kashmiris demand of self determination.

After the meeting Chairman Committee Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman talking to media along with Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, said that the Secretary Interior was summoned in meeting and he has admitted that while filing reply in SC he could not choose right words but later we have submitted an amended reply in SC.

Maulana Fazal said that Secretary Interior has sought apology from nation and Kashmiris on his mistake, adding that committee has impose ban over the issuance and publishing the statement regarding Kashmir with out approval of Foreign Ministry. The nation can not compromise on the Kashmir issue, he added.