Kashmir has been under Indian military occupation since October 1947. The people of Jammu and Kashmir have been granted the right of self-determination under the UN Charter, and under several UN Security Council resolutions, more specifically under UN (UNCIP) resolution of August 13, 1948, and January 5, 1949. These and subsequent UN resolutions have affirmed that, the question of accession of the State of Jammu and Kashmir to India or Pakistan will be decided through the political democratic method of free and impartial plebiscite.

(Keynote speech by Former Assistant Secretary General United Nations
and Director General Independent Bureau for Humanitarian Issues (IBHI) H.E. Mr. Syed Zia Rizvi at Leadership Conference on dialogue for peaceful coexistence organized by EU based an eminent Think tank Institute of Peace and Development (INSPAD) at Islamabad Pakistan on August 1, 2008.)

Speech of Honorable
Professor Dr. Hugh van Skyhawk
Institute of Indology
Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz and
South Asia Institute
Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg Germany
Three Voices of Peace and Universal Brotherhood
Nunc lento sonitu dicunt, morieris.
Now (this bell) tolling softly (for another), says to me, Thou must die.

Renowned Scholar and Journalist
Mr Zahid Malik
Editor-in-Chief Daily Pakistan Observer
Speech at Leadership Conference on "Dialogue for Peaceful Co-Existence organized by
INSTITUTE OF PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
I am grateful to the institute of peace and Development for inviting me at this conference to express my views on a subject which is very crucial and of paramount importance. This indeed needs to be thoroughly discussed and properly understood in its right perspective. First of all, I would like to congratulate the office –bearers, particularly to the Executive Director of INSPAD, Mr. Muhammad Tahir Tabassum, for their timely initiative to convene this conference on ‘’ Dialogue for Peaceful Co-Existence’’.

Chief Guest His Excellency Mr. Hezan Hussein Abu-Shanab, Ambassador of the State of Palestine in Pakistan.His Excellency Mr. Mumtaz Alam Gillani, Federal Minister Human Rights.Honourable Senator Mushahid Hussain Seyyad, Former Federal Minister Information.Honourable Dr. Alexander John Malik, the Bishop of Lahore.Honourable Siddique ul Farooq, Spokesman, Pakistan Muslim League (N).

Host Sardar Tahir Tabassum & Dr. Farhat Jabeen.
Excellencies, Guests, Speakers, intellectuals and media

Great National Hero
and Renowned Nuclear Scientist,
DR. ABDUL QADEER KHAN

Dear Mr.Tahir Tabassum,
Assalamo Alaikum.
I am very pleased to have learnt about the work of INSPAD on this noble venture in Pakistan and Belgium. It is the need of the hour to preach peace, the protection of human rights, inter-faith dialogue and religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence. I wish you and your colleagues success in this endeavour.
May God bless you all.

Dr. A.Q.Khan

Former President & Prime Minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir.
Ex Chairman President’s National Kashmir Committee Pakistan
H.E. Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan
Patron-in-Chief
Institute of Peace and Development (INSPAD)

Islamophobia is not a new phenomenon, it has been there ever since. It is inbuilt in the creation itself. Whether it is religion or something else, presence of both the negative and positive forces are the sum total of the Universe. It is also recognized phenomenon that the divine forces and evil forces have been at war with each other since the very beginning. The evil forces have been created by the same divine decree, therefore, their eternal existence. Therefore, no body should be in doubt that any of these forces can be eradicated. The only thing left is the nature of this conflict and endeavours to remove the superfluous elements, so that the Universe is not taken over by the evil forces alone.

Sardar Muhammad Tahir Tabassum (Brussels)
Much against the hyped propaganda by the government quarters that there was no need for an emergency in the country the President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf went against his words and imposed the dreaded emergency against all expectations, in his capacity as Chief of Army Staff under article 232 of the constitution. He abrogated the Constitution of 1973 and issued a Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) in pursuit of his quest for power. In his address to the Nation on 3rd November 2007 he tried to justify his action by saying that Pakistan was at the brink of a very dangerous situation. It is facing an internal crisis and whatever is happening now has a direct link with the internal situation. He did not elaborate that the real motive behind his action was the removal of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as he held a grudge against him for refusing to step down earlier and staging a successful demonstration which had made him popular amongst the masses causing a sore in Musharraf’s eyes.

Former President & Prime Minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir.
Ex Chairman President’s National Kashmir Committee Pakistan
H.E. Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan
Patron-in-Chief
Institute of Peace and Development (INSPAD)

The pertains to materialization of the concept of socio-religious peaceful co-existence in the imminent globalization hoping that it will merit your serious consideration.
With the fast development of technology and growth of human mind, the inter-dependence and much closer interaction of the peoples of the world are unavoidable consequences which are driving the humanity to yet closer ties-globalization.