The burning Kashmir issue should be seen as an international armed conflict and a matter of illegal occupation,annexation and settler colonialism and all unilateral actions by the Indian government or court verdict to legitimize them have no legal standing in the eyes of the UN, the world community and international law.
This was discussed during the 22nd meeting of the Institute of Policy Studies’ Working Group on Kashmir (IPS-WGK), a body of experts and opinion leaders on Kashmir affairs, under the title ‘Article 370 in the Indian Supreme Court: Arguments, Outcomes & the Way Forward.’
The hybrid session, chaired by Khalid Rahman, chairman IPS, was addressed by Ambassador (r) Syed AbrarHussain, vice chairman IPS, Sheikh Abdul Mateen, special representative of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) chairman MasarratAlamBhat, DrAsmaShakirKhawaja,
executive director, Centre of International Studies (CISS), Muzaffarabad, AJK, IftikharGillani, senior Kashmiri journalist based in Ankara, Ambassador (r) IshtiaqHussainAndrabi, Advocate Imran Shafiq, international law expert, Advocate NasirQadri, executive director, Legal Forum for Kashmir (LFK), Dr Sheikh WaleedRasool, Kashmiri academician and activist, DrKhurram Abbas, director, India Study Centre, Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (ISSI), ReemaShoukat, communication strategist, Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), among
others, and moderated by FarzanaYaqoob, former AJ&K minister and general secretary IPS-WGK.
