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12-09-2001, 20:44
UK MP demands war tribunal on Kashmir
Agencies
London Sept 10 : Lord Nazir Ahmed on Sunday demanded establishment of International war tribunal on Kashmir to try those involved in killings of Kashmiri people and rape of their women with immunity.
"I have spoken with the International War Crimes Tribunal and the UN officials in Hague and I am working with an idea that there should be war crimes tribunal for Kashmir as well," he told in an interview at his office in front of the artistically-built Parliament Houses here.
"Mr Advani and Farooq Abdullah should be on the top of the list as well as their other (Indian) generals and officials responsible for the murder and the genocide," he said.
If the international community did not go ahead with a similar war crimes tribunal like the Yugoslavia, at least the international criminal court should probe the human rights abuses in occupied Kashmir.
An international criminal court, he said, would be established in Hague in very near future. Many countries including Britain have already approved it, he said.
"If we have the data base and information already prepared on people like Advani and Farooq Abdullah, then as soon as the international criminal court is established, these people's files will actually go in," said Nazir, the first Pakistani who rose to the prestigious position of lordship in UK.
Lord Nazir criticised the statements by Advani that those responsible for killing innocent Kashmiri people, raping them, torturing them should be given amnesty.
There has been considerable amount of killings in the last few weeks since Agra summit between President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee than even before that, he said.
"Obviously the tension has been not reduced in held Kashmir as far as the killings are concerned, that has increase, the clamp down by the Indian security forces has been increased," he said.
"So what I really want to see is reduction in Indian Army, I want to see release of political prisoners, I want to see some demilitarized zones." However, he said there has been some moves by India like relaxation of some customs duties for import of goods from Pakistan. "So there are some moves which are taking place following the Agra summit between the two leaders," he said.
To a question, he said, "nothing can be resolved through the military means. Even people have to sit down with Nazis in Germany when the whole world was on the other side. And you still have to sit down with Advani and his friends, whatever the circumstances are."
Kashmir issue has to be resolved through dialogue, he said. "It always has to be a political solution and negotiations. But I don't believe that you can do bilateral talks with India and you can trust India."
"Really you need to have mediation, you need to have facilitation, you need to have third party talks sponsored by the United Nations or the United States. They can only be credible, otherwise you cannot trust India", he said.
To a question, Lord Nazir said, he did not expect a nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir dispute.
Agencies
London Sept 10 : Lord Nazir Ahmed on Sunday demanded establishment of International war tribunal on Kashmir to try those involved in killings of Kashmiri people and rape of their women with immunity.
"I have spoken with the International War Crimes Tribunal and the UN officials in Hague and I am working with an idea that there should be war crimes tribunal for Kashmir as well," he told in an interview at his office in front of the artistically-built Parliament Houses here.
"Mr Advani and Farooq Abdullah should be on the top of the list as well as their other (Indian) generals and officials responsible for the murder and the genocide," he said.
If the international community did not go ahead with a similar war crimes tribunal like the Yugoslavia, at least the international criminal court should probe the human rights abuses in occupied Kashmir.
An international criminal court, he said, would be established in Hague in very near future. Many countries including Britain have already approved it, he said.
"If we have the data base and information already prepared on people like Advani and Farooq Abdullah, then as soon as the international criminal court is established, these people's files will actually go in," said Nazir, the first Pakistani who rose to the prestigious position of lordship in UK.
Lord Nazir criticised the statements by Advani that those responsible for killing innocent Kashmiri people, raping them, torturing them should be given amnesty.
There has been considerable amount of killings in the last few weeks since Agra summit between President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee than even before that, he said.
"Obviously the tension has been not reduced in held Kashmir as far as the killings are concerned, that has increase, the clamp down by the Indian security forces has been increased," he said.
"So what I really want to see is reduction in Indian Army, I want to see release of political prisoners, I want to see some demilitarized zones." However, he said there has been some moves by India like relaxation of some customs duties for import of goods from Pakistan. "So there are some moves which are taking place following the Agra summit between the two leaders," he said.
To a question, he said, "nothing can be resolved through the military means. Even people have to sit down with Nazis in Germany when the whole world was on the other side. And you still have to sit down with Advani and his friends, whatever the circumstances are."
Kashmir issue has to be resolved through dialogue, he said. "It always has to be a political solution and negotiations. But I don't believe that you can do bilateral talks with India and you can trust India."
"Really you need to have mediation, you need to have facilitation, you need to have third party talks sponsored by the United Nations or the United States. They can only be credible, otherwise you cannot trust India", he said.
To a question, Lord Nazir said, he did not expect a nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir dispute.