Speakers have hailed the way Kashmir issue has come to be acute concern of the international community in the aftermath of August 5, 2019 revocation of Article 370 and 35 A of the Indian constitution by Indian government nullifying independent status of Kashmir.

This they stated at one-day national seminar on "Internationalization of Kashmir Issue: A Diplomatic Success of Pakistan" organized by Sindh University Pakistan Study Centre at senate hall of the vice chancellor secretariat with VC-SU Prof Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat in the presidential chair, wherein noted scholar Prof Dr Uzma Shuja at, Dr Khalil-u-Rehman Shaikh, Dr IShrat Afshan Abbasi and Dr Sumera Umrani as speakers on the dais.

Dr Burfat, in his presidential address said that the will of the people of Kashmir counted supreme as it related to their lives and the lives of the generations that were to come.

"This seminar condemns in consensus Indian violence, Indian bid to flip in its favor the demographic landscape of the valley and ruthless use of formidable force to suppress judicious voice of people of Kashmir," the VC remarked.

Dr Burfat further said that war between two nuclear states entailed catastrophic disasters, hence it had better be treated as a last, not-to-be desired option, whereas 'dialogue' be opted as a peaceful means to hammer out mutually-agreeable deal. Keynote speaker, member PM's strategic policy planning cell and Director, KU Centre for European Studies Prof Dr Uzma Shujaat said that South Asia was a region, where as a colonial legacy, all major nationalist and ethnic conflicts had a long and chequered history.