Commonwealth parliamentary conference cancelled

[Tuchha]

Pakistan has cancelled the Commonwealth parliamentary conference due to tensions with India over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, officials said on Thursday, days before the two nuclear-armed neighbours are due to meet.

The conference, to be held in the Pakistani capital on Sept. 30, has been cancelled because legislators from Indian-administered Kashmir have planned to attend, said parliamentary speaker Ayaz Sadiq.

India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars since independence in 1947 over Kashmir. Both claim full ownership of the region, but administer separate parts of it.

Pakistan "saw an opportunity to raise the Kashmir issue" by refusing to host the conference, Sadiq said.

"When it is clear that we have fought wars over this, brought resolutions in the United Nations, then how can we abandon our point of view (on Kashmir) now?" he said.

On Wednesday, the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi said it had scheduled a meeting with Kashmiri separatist leaders for Aug. 23, the same day that India and Pakistan's national security advisers are due to meet.

A year ago, India cancelled talks between the two nations' foreign secretaries after a similar meeting with Kashmiri separatists.

Ties warmed slightly last month, after Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the sidelines of a summit in Russia and agreed to resume high-level talks.

It is unclear if the parliamentary conference is cancelled or will be held elsewhere. The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association links legislators in former British colonies

 

[Beta-Fighter]

lol Pakistan cancelled OR no one wanna come in PAK , and only PAK sitting on the Conference alone...

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Already India had refused to attend since the Speaker of the Jammu & Kashmir Assembly had not been invited. Now India can host it in New Delhi; it will be safer and all the delegates from all over the Commonwealth can attend freely.

 

[ito]

What is going on?...I thought Pakistan will host the event if only to spite India. I guess, they came under huge pressure from other commonwealth countries.

 

[TejasMk3]

This one mentions that New York will host the conf now:
Commonwealth event will no longer be held in Islamabad - The Express Tribune

National Assembly speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said on Thursday the Commonwealth Parliamentary Union (CPU) event scheduled to be held in Islamabad next month will now be held in New York.

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

This one mentions that New York will host the conf now:
Commonwealth event will no longer be held in Islamabad - The Express Tribune

India had actually asked the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) to shift the venue for CPA's annual conference from Islamabad, saying Pakistan could no longer host the meet as it had not invited the Jammu & Kashmir branch which was in violation of the Association's constitution.

India wants CPA meet outside Pakistan - The Times of India

 

[Guynextdoor2]

What a bunch of jokers. First they commit they'll hold the conference and then they cancel it quoting India. This is the 'commonwealth' meaning many many countries other than just India and Pakistan.In the future such regional leadersip will ot be given to Pakistan.

 

[enquencher]

Are these politician gone nuts...loosing to host conference and projecting to do it for raising kashmir issue is full retard.. if india had rejected it they should have gone ahead with it so to show that they dont care for indian concern.. instead they put their diplomatic weapons down by cancelling it. I think commonwealth nations have put pressure on pak n secondly may be coz of security threat..

 

[Chanakyaa]

Pakistan crumbles to Indian Pressues @Zarwan

 

[Icarus]

Well that sure was counterproductive, I could get mounting pressure on India through the Kashmir issue but cancelling the conference altogether is basically landing an axe on our own foot. This was a wonderful opportunity to highlight Pakistan's progress in the fight against terrorism and we blew it. Sigh.

 

[Star Wars]

Egg on face moment , should have thought twice before engaging in these theatrics

 

[Imran Khan]

lol Pakistan cancelled OR no one wanna come in PAK , and only PAK sitting on the Conference alone...

commonwealth request pakistan to hold this shit and commonwealth have problem to find hosts or events kiddo just go read

Egg on face moment , should have thought twice before engaging in these theatrics

and what abut rising the issue to whole world by just simple tactic ?hahahaha

 

[Star Wars]

and what abut rising the issue to whole world by just simple tactic ?hahahaha

World already knows about the issue, politicizing it was unproductive. It was short sighted approach. A successful commonwealth conference in Islamabad would have brought much needed confidence in conducting international events ( sports or otherwise ) and not to mention as @Icarus said showed the world your progress in your fighting against terrorism.

 

[Imran Khan]

World already knows about the issue, politicizing it was unproductive. It was short sighted approach. A successful commonwealth conference in Islamabad would have brought much needed confidence in conducting international events ( sports or otherwise ) and not to mention as @Icarus said showed the world your progress in your fighting against terrorism.

but inviting Kashmir speaker means we accept Kashmir election and its part of India . no sorry go to hell events

 

[airuah]

Pakistan didn't cancel it, it was forced to accept India's terms- which it did not and so it was shifted to New York. Basically the right to organize the meet was snatched away by the Commonwealth committee.

Just to save face, Pakistan acts as if it cancelled the meet by it self.....lol.... They cancelled to put forth Kashmir issue forward it seems- lol- what stupid face saving reasons it puts forth when the right to host a meet was actually revoked by the common wealth committee.