After Kashmir row, Pakistan refuses to host Commonwealth meet

The National Assembly (NA) on Thursday announced with regret its decision to pull back as the host of the 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) as the “Indian demand to invite the speaker of the Occupied Jammu and Kashmir Assembly cannot be accepted”. It is unclear if the parliamentary conference is cancelled or will be held elsewhere. He said Pakistan will raise the issue of Kashmir at every forum of the Commonwealth. Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesman Qazi Khalilullah was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying he expects India…

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