Only the UN can find the truth behind the Indo-Pak clashes on the LoC if the two countries cannot establish the facts themselves through cooperation, say two leading Pakistani dailies.
There was ‘no better forum’ than a UN observer group for this task, the Karachi-based Dawn said in an editorial. The News International, also from Karachi, said that considering the gravity of the dispute, it would support the Pak govt's plan to have an independent enquiry through the UNMOGIP.
The first group of UN military observers arrived in January 1949 to supervise the ceasefire after the hostilities of 1948. These observers are under the command of the military adviser appointed by the UN secretary-general and the monitoring group is more commonly known as UNMOGIP (UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan).
Stressing that Delhi cannot ‘bypass’ UNMOGIP this time, the Dawn said India keeps referring to the 1972 Shimla pact to keep away third parties. The Shimla agreement, it said, aims to settle differences between India and Pakistan ‘by peaceful means through bilateral negotiations or by any other peaceful means mutually agreed upon’.
There was ‘no better forum’ than a UN observer group for this task, the Karachi-based Dawn said in an editorial. The News International, also from Karachi, said that considering the gravity of the dispute, it would support the Pak govt's plan to have an independent enquiry through the UNMOGIP.
The first group of UN military observers arrived in January 1949 to supervise the ceasefire after the hostilities of 1948. These observers are under the command of the military adviser appointed by the UN secretary-general and the monitoring group is more commonly known as UNMOGIP (UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan).
Stressing that Delhi cannot ‘bypass’ UNMOGIP this time, the Dawn said India keeps referring to the 1972 Shimla pact to keep away third parties. The Shimla agreement, it said, aims to settle differences between India and Pakistan ‘by peaceful means through bilateral negotiations or by any other peaceful means mutually agreed upon’.