'Pakistan will continue support to people of J&K'

[Sidhu...Sidhaarth Roy]

Islamabad, Dec 3: Pakistan will continue to extend "full moral, diplomatic and political support" to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said today.

Gilani made the remarks while chairing a meeting of the Defence Committee of the Cabinet that was attended by senior federal ministers and military officials, including army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.

Addressing the meeting, Gilani said: "Despite our best efforts, our quest for a just and durable peace in South Asia has so far proved elusive.

"Pakistan will continue to extend full moral, diplomatic and political support to the Kashmiri brothers and sisters," he said.

The committee "expressed full solidarity and support of the government and people of Pakistan for the just struggle of the Kashmiri people for their inalienable right of self-determination as prescribed in relevant UN resolutions," an official statement said.