Pakistan to host international seminar on Kashmir

Islamabad: Parliamentarians from Europe and North America along with speakers from Jammu and Kashmir will attend a seminar in Islamabad to discuss the Kashmir issue, an official said on Tuesday. The two-day International Parliamentary Seminar organised by Young Parliamentarians Forum of Pakistans National Assembly will commence from January 5, a Foreign Office statement said. Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, the National Assembly Speaker, Advisor to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz and Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi are also expected to address the seminar. The seminar would analyze "various dimensions of the Kashmir dispute with a particular focus on its humanitarian aspect". It will also look into the "prospects of its resolution in the larger interest of the global security," the statement said.-Agency