ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will not invite the speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly to the 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) because Kashmir is a disputed territory, said Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, according to local media sources.
“Kashmir case is a disputed one, Pakistan has always maintained that the issue needs to be resolved in accordance with the UN resolutions,” he told news media on Saturday.
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) at the 60th CPC, held in October 2014 in Cameroon, had elected National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq as president of CPA and decided to hold the next CPC in Islamabad from September 30 to October 8, 2015, authorities revealed.
However, there was an uproar in India over Pakistan not extending an invitation to the Indian Kashmir’s assembly, like the rest of the state and federal houses, sources added.
