UNGA Session: Pak PM Nawaz Sharif describes Burhan Wani as young leader, says peace with India cannot be achieved without Kashmir resolution

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday addressed 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York and said in many countries the ghost of intolerance has revived xenophobia and Islamophobia.

In his address to the UN on Wednesday, Pak PM Sharif said, "Pakistan wants peace with India, we have gone the extra mile to achieve this."

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#We will not allow foreign forces to destabilize the development of Pakistan.

#We will not allow externally sponsored terrorism and threats of destabilisation to cause turbulence in Pakistan.

#Peace between India and Pakistan cannot be finally achieved without resolution to the Kashmir dispute.

#We have gone the extra mile to achieve this, repeatedly offering a dialogue to address all outstanding issues.

#I demand an independent inquiry into the extrajudicial killings in Kashmir,demand an end to the curfew.

#India posed unacceptable pre conditions to engage in dialogue. Talks are no favour to Pakistan,they are in interest of both countries.

#Peace between India and Pakistan cannot be finally achieved without resolution to the Kashmir dispute

#This is an objective evaluation not a partisan position. Our predictions have now been confirmed by events

#Burhan Wani, the young leader murdered by Indian forces has emerged as a symbol of latest Kashmiri 'Intifada

India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will address the 71st session of the UNGA on September 26 in New York. 

This year’s general debate opened on September 20 and will run through to September 26, when Swaraj will address the annual debate. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not attending the UNGA session for the first time in three years.