Pak seeks US intervention in soliving Kashmir issue

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday sought US intervention in resolving the Kashmir issue.
Sharif said that during his US visit in July 1999 amid Kargil conflict, he had clearly told then President Bill Clinton that if the US intervened, Kashmir issue could be resolved.

Sharif said that India and Pakistan both were nuclear powers and the region was a nuclear flash point. He said that though India did not want such intervention, the world powers should get involved to resolve the issue. He said for the last 60 years both sides were entangled in an arms race.

Key bilateral issues besides the Afghan drawdown and Indo-Pak ties are likely to be discussed during his keenly awaited meeting with Obama.

This will be the first bilateral official visit of the Prime Minister to the US in his present term. It is also the first official visit of a Pakistani Prime Minister to the US in 5 years. Sharif had visited New York last month but it was for the UN General Assembly.