Qureshi asks US not to overlook ground realities vis-à-vis Kashmir

On Thursday, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi urged the Biden administration not to ignore the ground realities regarding occupied Kashmir. The minister also asked the world to help reach a peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute as soon as possible.

Speaking at a photography and cultural exhibition held at the Foreign Office as part of Kashmir Solidarity Day activities, Qureshi said: “I expect the new Biden administration that has always talked of fundamental human rights to stop overlooking the ground realities in held Kashmir.”

The minister’s comment came on the heels of a controversy that began with a tweet by the US State Department’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs in which Occupied Jammu and Kashmir was referred to as India’s Jammu and Kashmir.