By Sabir Shah
LAHORE: Following the swearing-in of Kamala Harris as the US Vice President, numerous media houses in India are euphoric over the appointment of at least 20 other Indian-Americans, outnumbering the Americans of Pak origin, to key positions in President Joe Biden s administration.
However, Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden s Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense, General (retired) Lloyd Austin, have so far aired positive, yet carefully-worded, statements about Pakistan, India and the ever-worsening situation in Held Kashmir.
These statements, before and after Biden s election to Oval Office, should thus make many neutral political pundits believe a faint wind of optimism has perhaps started blowing for the good, besides giving bleeding Kashmiris a glimmer of hope that they might now be heard better by more receptive and sympathetic ears in Washington DC.
72nd anniversary of UN resolution on plebiscite in Kashmir marked
National
January 6, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The rare and historic pictures on international diplomacy in world body’s early years depicting memorable phase of the struggle obtained from the United Nations (UN) New York-based library through special arrangements were put on display Tuesday at federal Capital’s mega shopping mall to mark 72nd anniversary of the UN resolution on Kashmir plebiscite.
One of the rare pictures in the exhibition shows a Kashmiri official presenting the then UN secretary general a flag of the free part of Kashmir - Azad Jammu & Kashmir, with signatures from Kashmiris requesting international help in liberating territories under Indian military occupation. The exhibition of rare pictures was organised by an INGO International Kashmir Lobby Group (YFK), working with the international community on conflict resolution and human rights.