UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for the resolution of Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan through talks, when Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif met him yesterday, according to a UN statement.

“The Secretary-General stressed the need for Pakistan and India to address their outstanding issues, including Kashmir, through dialogue in the interest of both countries and the region as a whole,” the statement said after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s meeting with the UN chief on the margins of the 71st session of the General Assembly.

“The Secretary-General expressed appreciation to Pakistan for its hosting of one of the largest groups of refugees for decades,” the statement said, referring to the millions of Afghan refugees in the country.

Meanwhile, a press release issued by the Pakistan mission to the UN said that during the meeting Nawaz Sharif handed over a dossier of the Indian state atrocities on the innocent Kashmiris to the UN secretary-general.