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Imran Khan “pledges his full support”

Statement by Imran Khan MP on Nicholson’s Kashmir Report

23rd May 2007

Imran Khan MP today pledged his full support for the European Parliament report “Kashmir: present situation and future prospects” (rapporteur Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne).

He declared:

“This report demonstrates the European Parliament’s concern for freedom and democracy for the Kashmiri people in Gilgit and Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir”.

He went on to say:

“Pakistan has a facade of democracy. No country run by a serving general can truly be called a democracy. With a toothless judiciary hand-picked by General Musharraf and a subservient electoral commission it is possible to rule indefinitely. Everything can be manipulated. When the European Union or the Commonwealth back this military dictator they are helping to destroy a democratic movement”.

He added:

“I am glad to support the Nicholson report on Kashmir and I look forward to supporting the EU in implementing its findings to help those people in Gilgit and Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and throughout Pakistan who are deprived of human rights, justice, the rule of law and democracy”.

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