Pakistan urges Kashmir dispute resolution as it assumes UNSC presidency

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, who assumed the UN Security Council’s presidency for the month of July on Tuesday, has underscored the need for resolving the Kashmir dispute, which he said was causing tensions and frictions between India and Pakistan.

“It is time that the Kashmir dispute be addressed, and I would say this is not only a responsibility of Pakistan — we are here temporarily, two years as a non-permanent member, ” he told a crowded press conference at UN Headquarters in New York, while responding to a question.

“I think it’s the responsibility of the Security Cou