Pakistan's half-truths and lies on J&K

August 20, 2003

As stated in this column yesterday , paragraphs number 9, 10 and 11 of Ashraf Jahangir Qazi's speech are half-truths and lies on India's position on J&K and, instead, paint Pakistan as the saint sinned against.

Let's start with para 9 of Qazi's speech in which he stated, briefly, that

• While Pakistan has adhered to its obligation to the UN Security Council of holding a plebiscite in J&K, it is India that has not kept that promise it made to the world;
• India's claim to J&K rests on a 'so-called' Instrument of Accession and
• If India did indeed have an unconditional IoA, why did it all agree to a plebiscite?

Now, it's a blatant lie that Pakistan adhered to the obligation of a plebiscite in J&K and that India did not. This lie has been exposed in the book The Kashmir Story (Asia Publishing House, 1967) by B L Sharma, Officer on Special Duty for Kashmir Affairs in the Indian Foreign Office, who accompanied the Indian delegations to the UN between 1948 and 1965 as advisor.

rest of the article is at http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/aug/20arvind.htm

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