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He added the world also knows that Pakistan has indulged He added the world also knows that Pakistan has indulgedin ethnic cleansing of its own people. "Pakistan’s consistent use of war and terrorism has beenat the cost of development of the people of Pakistan. Thepeople of Pakistan are paying the price of a malevolentpolicy," he said. On Sharif’s remark that he has gone the ‘extra mile’ forpeace with India, Akbar said "we have not seen the first mile.Where is the question of the extra mile?" Akbar said none of the world leaders speaking at the UNGeneral Assembly has "referred" to Kashmir despite massiveefforts by Sharif to raise the bilateral dispute with India inall his meetings with global leaders on the margins of theGeneral Assembly. He added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attitude andpolicy towards Pakistan has been "consistent" from day one. "In the very first invitation that was extended to theSAARC leaders, it was made clear that India was always readyfor a dialogue with anyone but not if there was any use ofterrorism. "Even in the first weeks, the dialogue process wasdisrupted. You can see in our relationship with othercountries the dialogue process has taken amity and friendshipfar," he said. On protests by Baloch activists outside the UN, Akbarsaid Balochistan people have reasons for protests against thepolicy and a "very long history" of serious violence againstits people. "It’s a violence that has included a use of air force,massive armed forces against them," he said. Sharif spent the majority of his speech on Kashmir,saying peace and normalisation between Pakistan and Indiacannot be achieved without a resolution of the Kashmir issue. "This is an objective evaluation, not a partisanposition," he said. Sharif also demanded an independent inquiry into the"extra-judicial killings" and a UN fact finding mission toinvestigate alleged brutalities perpetrated by the Indianforces, "so that those guilty of these atrocities arepunished". He said the Security Council has called for the exerciseof the right to self-determination by the people of Kashmirthrough a free and fair plebiscite held under UN auspices. The Pakistani leader sought steps to be taken by theUnited Nations to "de-militarise" Jammu and Kashmir andundertake consultations with India, Pakistan and the "truerepresentatives" of the Kashmiri people to implement theresolutions of the Security Council. Welcoming the offer of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’sgood offices on the resolution of the dispute, Sharif saidIslamabad will also open consultations with members of theSecurity Council to explore the modalities for implementationof the Council’s resolutions on Kashmir. PTI YASSAI