Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif raked up the Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday and tried to burnish his country's credentials as an opponent of global terrorism.
His speech, which also referred to the prevailing situation in Europe and the Middle East, attempted to paint India as an uncooperative neighbour which had rebuffed Sharif's overtures for peace.
His speech came days after suspected Pakistan-based terrorists attacked an Indian army camp in Uri, in Kashmir, and killed 18 Indian soldiers. The four terrorists who participated in the attack were also eliminated by the security forces during the attack.
1) Describing Burhan Wani, the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander who was killed in an encounter with security forces on July 8, as a "young leader", Sharif said that he had emerged as a "symbol of the latest Kashmiri Intifada" after he was "murdered" by security forces.
India's Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar responded to Sharif's description of Wani by saying that what India saw was "... the glorification of a terrorist. Wani is declared commander of Hizbul, widely acknowledged as a terror group. It is shocking that a leader of a nation can glorify a self-advertised terrorist at such a forum. This is self incrimination by Pakistan PM."
2) Sharif said that Pakistan wanted peace with India and that he had gone "the extra mile" to achieve that aim. He added that he had repeatedly made offers for a dialogue "to address all outstanding issues".
India rejected Sharif's call for sustained dialogue, with Akbar saying that Islamabad was talking about dialogue with a "gun in its hand".
3) Insisting that resolving the Kashmir dispute was essential for peace between Pakistan and India and that dialogue was necessary for that process, Sharif alleged that India was posing "unacceptable preconditions" before being willing to participate in a read full story
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